Covid hospitalizations are growing
Covid hospitalizations are on the rise in Montreal, and with the busy time of the holidays imminent, health authorities are worried.
Why do more people go to hospitals around the Christmas holiday? I’ve never understood that, but it’s clearly a thing.
The city has given out hygiene rules for wintertime.
Half the city’s office workers are continuing to work from home for the foreseeable future. This week I talked to someone I’ve worked with, who told me his agency was having him come in 2 days a week, the rest to be done from home. I imagine there’s a lot of that kind of thing going on.
Blork 13:31 on 2020-11-26 Permalink
The holidays are stressful for many people, for a variety of reasons. Stress and anxiety can exacerbate underlying conditions, and/or bring on physical symptoms that might feel like something more than an anxiety response (e.g., increased blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, indigestion, insomnia, various aches and pains from inflammation flareups, etc.). All that can make a person feel like there’s something wrong with them (OMG, I’m about to have a heart attack! OMG I feel bad because I have cancer! Etc.etc.)
Also, many people simply eat or drink to much and they think their hangover is something worse.
MarcG 14:03 on 2020-11-26 Permalink
I’ve been to emergency at holiday time and there was a guy there was obviously lonely (talking about his family and Christmases past) who the staff seemed familiar with. Also lots of drunk and drugged people who either fell over or got into fights. There are probably more car accidents as well because drinking + driving + darkness + slush/ice.