D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

You have no mechanism to strip licence's?

Medical licensing is handled on a state-by-state basis. Broadly speaking, unless the doctor directly harms someone, it will be hard for them to lose their license.

 

[Zardnaar]

Medical licensing is handled on a state-by-state basis. Broadly speaking, unless the doctor directly harms someone, it will be hard for them to lose their license.

Thought it would be something like that.

Do they get trained to the same standards or does that vary by state as well? Not including the "better" med schools due to economic factors.

 

[Umbran]

Do they get trained to the same standards or does that vary by state as well? Not including the "better" med schools due to economic factors.

So, training is dependent on what school you go to. Once out of school, you get licensed to practice in a particular State, and you take their licensing exam.

 

[Zardnaar]

So, training is dependent on what school you go to. Once out of school, you get licensed to practice in a particular State, and you take their licensing exam.

Ah got it. I was just wondering if they set the requirements as we at med school.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The laws for stripping a MD of his state license vary greatly, and many jurisdictions require multiple MDs go on the record to substantiate the severity of the accused doctor’s actions. That’s a tall order.

There’s almost always a loophole of sorts, but it’s a doozy: a legal finding of malpractice that results in serious injuries or death.

But again, barring said misconduct being obvious even to a layman, you’ll need MDs to prove that in court.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Texas update:

1) In Dallas county, we are down to only 25 ICU beds.

2) The TxSuppCt ruled against Gov. Abbot’s order banning masking mandates

 

[Hussar]

I think I may have misunderstood you before. I thought you were suggesting that in Japan you would regularly buy a house separate from buying the land (like how a condo works here in Canada or the 'States). I got the impression that things worked more differently there than they apparently do.

Houses are rarely worth a dime compared to the price of the land. My parents house (that I mentioned earlier) is considered worthless, in spite of its nice 100-year old hardwood floors. It's the land that's worth all the money.

Still, as they aren't sold separately, you're always buying the land when you buy a stand-alone house.

Yes, well, a hundred years to depreciate a house seems considerably more reasonable than 20.

But, no, it's the same in Japan. You buy the land and the house. Thing is, here the land price is about double the price of your house, whereas in North America, that's usually the reverse, or even less in a lot of places. Like I said, if you buy a 25 year old house, you are pretty much expected to bulldoze it and rebuild a new house, whereas in Canada, a 25 year old house isn't even considered old.

As far as the "free housing" thing goes, again, it's so much to do with Japan's birthrate. They know the crash is coming and they're desperate to do anything to stop it. When you lose half your population in a generation, your country falls apart. And, when you have nearly zero immigration to offset falling birthrates, as Japan does, that population decline is going to go into freefall very soon. Towns dying all over the country has been going on for a while and it's only accellerating. Not a surprise that Italy, with it's really low birthrate, is facing the same issues.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yes, well, a hundred years to depreciate a house seems considerably more reasonable than 20.

But, no, it's the same in Japan. You buy the land and the house. Thing is, here the land price is about double the price of your house, whereas in North America, that's usually the reverse, or even less in a lot of places. Like I said, if you buy a 25 year old house, you are pretty much expected to bulldoze it and rebuild a new house, whereas in Canada, a 25 year old house isn't even considered old.

As far as the "free housing" thing goes, again, it's so much to do with Japan's birthrate. They know the crash is coming and they're desperate to do anything to stop it. When you lose half your population in a generation, your country falls apart. And, when you have nearly zero immigration to offset falling birthrates, as Japan does, that population decline is going to go into freefall very soon. Towns dying all over the country has been going on for a while and it's only accellerating. Not a surprise that Italy, with it's really low birthrate, is facing the same issues.

So 25% population growth in 15 years or so is alot?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Texas update:

1) In Dallas county, we are down to only 25 ICU beds.

2) The TxSuppCt ruled against Gov. Abbot’s order banning masking mandates

Aaaaaand apparently, #2 is incorrect. The news outlet I was listening to at the time had it wrong- there isn’t a final ruling, but there are TROs issued against Dallas and Bexar counties until the other cases can be heard.

…and the counties are going ahead anyway.

 

[J.Quondam]

Aaaaaand apparently, #2 is incorrect. The news outlet I was listening to at the time had it wrong- there isn’t a final ruling, but there are TROs issued against Dallas and Bexar counties until the other cases can be heard.

…and the counties are going ahead anyway.

r Bizarro World makes more sense than Texas.