contel3 Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 So.....what do you think about dating someone working in health care during Covid? I think it's a beautiful profession, but I heard they are some of the people most likely to be infected…? Would you still meet up with them?
balletomane Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Speaking as a doctor, you shouldn't be going on dates with anybody right now. I'd be surprised if any healthcare professional agreed to a date in person at this time. They should know better. 1 1
TaintedLuv Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 My current boyfriend is an RN. My sister is also an RN and half of my friends. Lol. That being said my sister cut her hours, wears PPE and doesn’t even get in the car without changing. I actually met my bf online at the beginning of the pandemic and we didn’t meet for two weeks and I was neurotic and apprehensive. We took a short walk just to meet. Since then he hasn’t had active patient care so we’ve been lucky but he goes back to work soon and I imagine we won’t be able to see each other. I’m living with my parents until this blows over so there’s no way I’m putting them at risk. I’ll either move home or we’ll have to be “long distance”.
d0nnivain Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 How on earth does anybody in health care have time to date right now? I'm shocked they could find time to sleep. If you are already dating them, I wouldn't dump them over this but a new person? I'd be shocked they are telling the truth about what they do considering. Unless you are somewhere that is not overwhelmed but even then, what is your plan? That said, NY Gov. Cuomo released some statistics a while back. the infection rate among doctors, nurses, EMTs, cops & firefighters is lower then the general population because they properly use PPE. So even though they have more contact with infected people their risk isn't there because they are trained in infection control. 1
smackie9 Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Right...dating would be the last thing on my mind during a pandemic...I'm just not getting at all. Not worth the possibility of losing my life over.
FMW Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Over 50,000 furloughs of health care professionals, including nurses and even doctors, have happened in my city because only emergency and COVID related care has been an option. But if they were actively working, no I would NOT meet up with them. Of course I wouldn't meet up with any person of any profession that I didn't have an existing relationship with. We're not out of the woods yet. Easing of restrictions does not mean the virus isn't still out there.
Emilie Jolie Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Yes, the're definitely more likely to contract it. 450 000 healthcare professionals worldwide have likely been affected, according to the International Council of Nurses. In fact, many health care professionals have had to self-isolate from their loved ones (those who have vulnerable people living with them) and haven't seen them in weeks while they are working. That said, I also know a bunch of medics who have been flouting the guidelines and meeting with friends, etc without much social distancing... If you're in the UK, and you want to date a health professional, you may get a chance to know whether they've contracted it or not. The government has been rolling out antigen tests for the general public (on a priority basis for healthcare workers) and antibody tests for NHS workers on a trial basis - out of the medics I know (quite a few), 6 of them tested positive on the antibody test. My close friend (GP) was sick in March, did the test last week, came back positive. Most of her colleagues in her tiny practice also tested positive (some antigen, some antibody). Another friend (A&E) is waiting on the results of the antigen test. SO doesn't want to take it, because he thinks he's already had it and doesn't want to 'waste' a test on himself (a major source of contention between us). If there's one time where 'dating' online for weeks over the phone or video is the right call, that'd be it! With that that said, some countries have not been affected much - where do you love, contel3?
Author contel3 Posted June 5, 2020 Author Posted June 5, 2020 9 hours ago, Emilie Jolie said: where do you love, contel3? So I'd prefer not saying an exact location for anonymity reasons. I'm not in the UK though and not in the US. I had to spend quite a while in lockdown even before the pandemic started in either one of those countries, but now, where I am....it's back to work. Back to normal life. There are still cases in my area, but so few that like another poster said doctors are out of work. So keeping that in mind it's more about deciding for myself what is safe and what not. I'm not breaking any rules.
Miss Spider Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) I kissed a health care professional the other day. Also my dad is a health care professional and kiss my mom all the time Edited June 5, 2020 by Cookiesandough 1 1 1
Interstellar Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Cookiesandough said: I kissed a health care professional the other day. I’m shocked Cookies. I’ve always thought of you as a...churchgoing lady... ...just kidding Edited June 5, 2020 by Interstellar
Ellener Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 I would trust a health care professional to be using their PPE and professional practices to keep themself and their patients safe, if they are good at their job! But it depends where you are really on meeting anyone. We're in stage three of ending lockdown here and still monitoring active cases. 1
Ellener Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Interstellar said: a...churchgoing lady... Depends on the church! 1
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