speaking of covid-19, what do you think of the clapping towards the NHS doctors going on in the UK?
i know they do good work and all, but i feel like the general public are at least half-ignoring the people like the policy people and researchers. i think we should be clapping for them too, as they are, in principle, the ones that can put in practices and polices that can help prevent hospitals from being overfilled and actually solve this issue—even in the short term (as you can see with china, taiwan and south korea).
i would love to see your thoughts, thanks
p.s.
i donated a small amount to two of the organisations recommended on the 80k website and also listened to your podcasts about COVID-19 (among as well non-covid-19 topics). although i don’t understand all the details of every episode, i do think you make for a rather entertaining and informative host and i do look forward to future episodes.
Hi PBS, I understand where you’re coming from and expect many policy folks may well be having a bigger impact than front-line doctors, because in this case prevention is probably better than treatment.
At the same time I can see why we don’t clap for them in that way, because they’re not taking on a particularly high risk of death and injury in the same way the hospital staff are right now. I appreciate both, but on a personal level I’m more impressed by people who continue to accept a high risk of contracting COVID-19 in order to treat patients.
speaking of covid-19, what do you think of the clapping towards the NHS doctors going on in the UK?
i know they do good work and all, but i feel like the general public are at least half-ignoring the people like the policy people and researchers. i think we should be clapping for them too, as they are, in principle, the ones that can put in practices and polices that can help prevent hospitals from being overfilled and actually solve this issue—even in the short term (as you can see with china, taiwan and south korea).
i would love to see your thoughts, thanks
p.s.
i donated a small amount to two of the organisations recommended on the 80k website and also listened to your podcasts about COVID-19 (among as well non-covid-19 topics). although i don’t understand all the details of every episode, i do think you make for a rather entertaining and informative host and i do look forward to future episodes.
Hi PBS, I understand where you’re coming from and expect many policy folks may well be having a bigger impact than front-line doctors, because in this case prevention is probably better than treatment.
At the same time I can see why we don’t clap for them in that way, because they’re not taking on a particularly high risk of death and injury in the same way the hospital staff are right now. I appreciate both, but on a personal level I’m more impressed by people who continue to accept a high risk of contracting COVID-19 in order to treat patients.