I'd like this group to know I am well aware of what has transpired this past year or two and the pressures it has placed upon all industries including the industry I work in.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be developing and implementing "crisis care" procedures - ultimately determining who gets a vent and who doesn't - who lives or dies. I have seen enough death for many lifetimes over from all this... including coworkers because the struggles to get PPE was indescribably hard and ultimately life threatening.
I know I am not the only when I say that some expectations were set well prior to the pandemic. So one has to question if it is truly the pandemic and the "new normal" we live in or is that now being used as the reason because said expectations weren't delivered on. That I do not have an answer for...
I sincerely appreciate the guidance from this group (and I know I can count on a thread drift here and there) :-)
I like the idea of a happy medium 