Wait, if belief in the One True Guy in the Sky is baked into our DNA, how do you account for atheists? It shouldnât even be possible for us to ask a question about religion.
While weâve been otherwise extremely SIPing, weâve wound up having a lot of work done on our house, and are about to schedule more, and have been surprised at how busy everyone weâve talked to has been, especially given the real economy. My theory is that a very large number of people did exactly what we did, which was jump on the low interest rates to ReFi and then pull out money for home improvement.
But also likely the balance is non-residential work for people whose money comes from money, not workâŚ
The family of a 17-year-old girl at Bloomfield Hills High School in Michigan requested not to take an in-person SAT exam with her classmates in September over fears of contracting COVID-19.
The school denied her request, saying taking the exam was required by the state for graduation, even though Michigan does not have such a requirement.
The teen tested positive for COVID-19 days after taking the exam, and had to isolate from her high-risk mother for nearly two months over fears of passing on COVID-19.
âPhysician burnout was an epidemic far before the pandemic hit. According to research presented at the 2018 American Psychiatry Association meeting, 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide each year and doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession in the U.S., including combat veterans. The suicide rate among male physicians is 40% greater than men in the general population, and the rate for women physicians is 130% greater.â
I would point out this was all before Covid hit. The situation is much worse now. We see people who seemingly do not care that their âpersonal libertiesâ have a devastating impact on others, including the medical professionals who will be the ones trying to keep them alive. I am very glad none of my kids followed in my footsteps, and would suggest anyone thinking about medicine as a career give careful consideration to what that entails. I love what I do, and I am good at it, but I am thinking about how I can get to retirement quicker. And I get to play with kids! The ones in the ICUâs and EDâs are dropping like flies. We will have a whole medical infrastructure to rebuild when this is over.