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Health care workers report increase in burnout, harassment since the COVID pandemic: CDC (abcnews.go.com)

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Health care workers are facing a severe mental health crisis, according to a new survey published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Workers said they are experiencing harassment, burnout, and other mental health symptoms -- including anxiety and depression -- at levels higher than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Health workers and health-related professions have historically faced long work hours, often with unpredictable or rotating schedules or like what I experienced as an emergency physician working overnights and on holidays," Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's chief medical officer, said during a press conference about the report Tuesday afternoon.

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[–] Changetheview 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The healthcare industry has had horrendous work conditions for a very long time. It’s deeply ingrained into the US system. That’s a bad starting point.

Then adding in all the emboldened anti-science and anti-healthcare mentality must be beyond frustrating to deal with as a professional. I can’t stand seeing the comments on social media that minimize the literal millions of COVID deaths, the supposed effectiveness of bullshit treatments, and the utter lack of respect for the people who have dedicated their lives to advancing medicine.

Getting that shit thrown in your face as you’re literally trying to help them has to feel like a giant punch in the gut.

And that’s all on top of the abundant societal issues that these workers have to deal with. From insurance fuckery to the growing numbers of people without homes and those battling addiction.

Living that day in and day out would make anyone miserable.

[–] Cosmonauticus -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While I agree working conditions are horrible and the anti-science community rejecting vaccines is infuriating some of ppls distrust of Healthcare comes from them repeatedly whoring us out to pharmaceutical companies and them blatantly ignoring health concerns from patients. Also the possibility of going broke from a hospital visit.

[–] Nudding 1 points 1 year ago

Also the possibility of going broke from a hospital visit.

Wild

[–] thetaoistonline 6 points 1 year ago

No shit

[–] Burn_The_Right 1 points 1 year ago

Conservatives should use their own hospitals and leave the normal people alone.

Conservatism is a plague of grotesque, deadly behavior that is long overdue for a cure. Let them go to their own weird, anti-science doctors and stay the fuck out of our ER's.