Conavirus......

[Rogar]

I'm thinking today about cancelling a routine dental appointment and undecided so far. I'm in one of the higher risk age groups, but no health issues. One of the talking head TV guys recommended avoiding unnecessary dental visits for higher risk groups, but at this point it seems slightly like overkill.

As salaried employee we had no specific sick leave. More than two sick days required a doctor note verifying you're sick and there might have been an upper limit that I don't recall. Fact was that most people didn't even use all of their vacation and most had to be really sick to call in. There was a lot of job performance pressures and avoidance of annual lay-offs.

[iris lilies]

You mean cancel for a cleaning?

[JaneV2.0]

Apparently, the administration's plan to deal with Covid 19 is to downplay it by refusing to test for it. Even at-risk health personnel can't get tested.

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...id-19-testing/

[Rogar]

Yes, cleaning and routine exam. There's probably no harm in postponing it a couple of months to see how things will develop, but possibly still overcautious? Colorado just had our first two positive cases, but I suspect there will be more.

[JaneV2.0]

Yes, cleaning and routine exam. There's probably no harm in postponing it a couple of months to see how things will develop, but possibly still overcautious? Colorado just had our first two positive cases, but I suspect there will be more.

I would definitely postpone it.

[JaneV2.0]

Information is filtering out vis-a-vis autopsies on coronavirus victims:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/06/coron...-say-12359066/

[Teacher Terry]

Reno has it’s first case from a cruise passenger.

[Tybee]

Why would you postpone it? (I have a horrible dental phobia so of course I would, but that's neither here nor there.)

[jp1]

Unfortunately some people are in the situation where if they don't work, they don't get paid. And for those that DO get "sick days", I know for my state/my situation you earn 1 hour of sick pay for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours sick time for a year.

While it's true that some people's boss/bank account/desire to use time off for other purposes will make them go to work when sick, those are very different from being told to go to work by the head of the government. The former are unfortunate or selfish. The latter is a gross abdication of the man's duties as president.

[Rogar]

Why would you postpone it? (I have a horrible dental phobia so of course I would, but that's neither here nor there.)

I can only imagine the reasoning given by the talking head who recommended it. Mine would be that covid-19 is spread through the respiratory droplets which dentists have routine intimate contact with, that they may have treated someone who is asymptomatic but capable of infecting others, that their office disinfection procedures are less than perfect and that I'm in a higher risk age group than average.

I suppose dental office visits these days would screen with questions around recent travel history, any respiratory health concerns, and a quick temperature check.