Doctors do not have the authority to order a patient to be employed at all. They might try to condition their help upon patient “compliance” with their prissy wishes - but it is unethical to so force you to vainly struggle and suffer just trying to nail a few dollars a day on the average. What kind of people are they, anyway ? You may face the reality of a too small SSDI income financially. Understandable situation. But if the stress effectively “destroys” you mentally (in addition to your existing situations), you should not need the blessings of pompous ass-clowns merely to retain your SSDI (which, once awarded, is fixed - unlike SSI, which requires at least annual re-certifications and a lot more hand-jive). Protect your head !
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oh. that’s a long story I was trying to cut short. The Dr wanted me to do something called “work”. Something to get out of the house. This is more my idea. I found this situation where I take tickets for 1-3 hour contracting jobs. I’m my own business. I didn’t have any stress about this until the COVID-19 issues hit. And only then, in the hospitals. I have PTSD from my past. I found out if you don’t take care of that, it gets worse. I’ve told a doctor that during this pandemic. I’ve walked out of a hospital because of a nurses attitude, 2 days ago? (she grabbed a dr, and that was it. sporty safety glasses-goggles aren’t acceptable) I had my hat handed to me about my safety glasses. It’s sooo ridiculous right now.I’m hoping that backs off as the states start to open back up.
The printer jobs were easy, something to keep me from getting utterly bored out of my skull, and I actually enjoy the challenge so long as someone doesn’t expect it done in 15 minutes. People have BOUNCED!!! from this virus. I understand it’s dangerous however, it’s not as dangerous as those who are petrified of it. They’re the ones you have to worry about.
I’m simply befuddled by the way people act since the virus. I understand the medical system is strapped I also understand it can take it’s toll on you worrying you’re on the front line. However, in my whole county only 1k got sick and no one died or got put in ICU or a ventilator. I get re-certified (technically) every 3 years. I don’t know why they did it that way. Parkinson’s doesnt go away, nor does being bi-polar, etc… etc… No one hires people with Parkinsons for W2 work. Workman’s comp liability. fixing things was fun. sort of a hobby.
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Here is a link to a handy-dandy guide to the human immune system with nice graphics (from the NIH):
http://www.imgt.org/IMGTeducation/Tutorials/ImmuneSystem/UK/the_immune_system.pdf
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I see little eventual outcome - other than a very large majority of the U.S. population (eventually) becoming infected. If that is true (and I believe that it is, regardless of “measures”), then the important thing seems to come down to mind and bodily health, living amidst the storm that (may) take any of us. It is a cryptic and complex antigen. It seems to be able to “hide” systemically, and dog (some) persons for many months time. It can permanently damage one’s internal organs. We understand little about it - and researchers will very likely not clinically characterize SARS-CoV-2 in time to respond as is hoped.
Particularly troubling is how many weeks after (asymptomatic) exposure - and the development of antigen-specific antibodies - SARS-CoV-2 is triggering life-threatening syndromes in (some) children. It could well be that adults are potentially similarly vulnerable. The virus (not us) will be “running the show”
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I agree. however the protection is out there. It’s not expensive either. You have to be stylish about it though with the expensive paper. I can’t figure out where everyone’s head has gone??? 3M can make more 1/2 masks than N95 paper masks. The reusable respirators can be manufactured all over and I’ve seen some newer novel ideas for them. It it takes 5 years to map it, it can be handled. If people keep their cool about it. That’s going to cause more death than anything else.
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yes… My ex almost killed herself with vitamin D.
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Let us all look squarely into the rhetorical mirror whenever we exclaim such woeful observations. 
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hey, I have a badge that says Im officially batsh** crazy. EVEN I"M not as bad as a lot of these people… Now that’s saying something. 
when I can ask that question… It’s bad…
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I think that I saw your sister Debbie out on the town the other night ( 
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meh. You just get to hear the bad things though. You don’t hear about me giving refurbished printers to mom and pop pharmacies, etc…Or I find them things they need. Makes me feel good. These little stores hardly make any money. Autozone and Advance auto trash their printers every 3 years. They call me to let me know they’ve put them lovingly against the fence near the dumpster. I go get them, find out who needs one, get it a maintenance kit for $50 off of ebay then all they do is pay me back for a monochrome printer. Those are the fun things.
All the little stores order stuff from my business accounts so we all save on costs. free shipping over $100. You can add that up fast between 4-5 companies.
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Ya, I consider it a truly rare and special privilege to witness your nightly cache-dumps. Maybe you should start something of a “silver lining” type thread, in which to celebrate the “golden moments” ?
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good point. I have had a few mistakes worth laughing at. Especially the UVC lighting. They really work!!! especially 36w 3/4 flood lights lol. I found out it does leach the infra red out of white…
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Not to mention that long tirade about “Q Factors” wherein you thought that it was a “private message” !
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ok… yes… I officially bounced on that one.
sooo bounced…
you did see the documentary???
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at least I didn’t say Orson Wells War of the Worlds really happened??? There were a couple others in there I was gonna toss in too but I thought they might be over the top.
ok… I did go over the top. but in my own defense, I stopped at 35000ft.
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I would caution you about endeavoring to differ with Doctor where it comes to “the nature of reality”:
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reality is proportional to the amount of medication you take…
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Perhaps you may have things, “back to front” ? Remember, “invention is the mother of necessity” ! 
The foregoing coined by Marshall McLuhan, who also originally coined, “tune in, turn on, drop out”.
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ok, I have that all messed up then. I thought it was "the invention of necessity was a real mother… No??? I need to get someone to rename my PM box, "Doug’s PM or the Conspiracy Den??? I like the 2nd one better. It’s sooo bad we’re moving whole threads into people’s pm box.What happened to the saloon? have things gotten so bad they can’t go in there even?
Mine was coined by every politician I ever met. Seems to have spread to media stations now.
Actually, it was more like, “it’s harder to convince someone you were telling the truth than it is that you were telling them telling them a joke” It went something like that. Politicians don’t tell jokes.
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