CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

People don't seem to have any perspective or notice change. In 1995, the population of the US was 260m and was 320m in 2015. So there should be almost 30% more doctors now and 30% more spaces in med school. But there aren't.

That's a huge problem.

greed and fear of competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

Eh, plenty of doctors in this country are foreigners who were schooled in their countries and passed USML exams here. Not saying it’s easy but significantly easier and cheaper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:AA meetings and coronavirus

Kind of a new topic but
I didn't want to make a whole new thread about it.

My husband has 21 years in AA.
He just got back from his Monday night meeting a little while ago and said they had an emergency business meeting to discuss coronavirus. AA headquarters sent down guidance to all AA groups, effective immediately.

No hugging, no hand holding during closing prayer, no touching at all. Use napkins to touch the coffee pot while making coffee / pouring coffee. Wipe down everything with lysol wipes after every meeting. Use lysol wipes to clean the collection basket and the money.

Stop going

there are online meetings now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

Eh, plenty of doctors in this country are foreigners who were schooled in their countries and passed USML exams here. Not saying it’s easy but significantly easier and cheaper.

They are doctors in their countries of origin. They finished schooling and residency there and many had been practicing for years but then have to redo residency here if they were lucky enough to get a slot. That’s why there are people here that are car salesman but were doctors in their homeland. It’s not easier or cheaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

Oh BS! Typical DCUM response bashing kids’ academic achievements. BTW, I am the PP and my kid is 8! Anyway, no one ever said that it shouldn’t be difficult, but, as this crisis and the aging population shows, there needs to be more medical school and residency slots and thousands of them at that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

Oh BS! Typical DCUM response bashing kids’ academic achievements. BTW, I am the PP and my kid is 8! Anyway, no one ever said that it shouldn’t be difficult, but, as this crisis and the aging population shows, there needs to be more medical school and residency slots and thousands of them at that.

exactly. Bit of an imbalance in the post-graduate schooling-required professions. i.e. we have too many lawyers. Nobody ever died from having too few lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Sorry off topic, but I cannot figure out how to get into 11am press conference...

[Anonymous]

Channel 4. On now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ not even a pre-med, just Biology w/ a focus in microbiology and had all of those.

Analytic chem, organic chem, regular chem, biochemistry, physics, calculus, psychology, microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, etc.

They were requirements to graduate.

You need to do almost all of these course by by junior year before you take the MCAT. You also need to get in all the research, volunteer, clinical experience and shadowing hours in by then as well because the applications start being accepted June at the end of your junior year. And you need a 3.8 or so average.

It is do demanding that many are now doing their courses in college, doing some of the various hours, but going full force post-graduation on the hours and MCAT studying. They take the MCAT a year after graduating, spend hundreds of hours applying to twenty plus med schools, doing interviews etc. and, if they get accepted enter med school two years after graduating.

I hate that this thread is off track, but this is not new. Dh did this in the 90s. Took the year after college graduation to do research in a lab and study for MCAT. Every summer since high school was also devoted to internships, volunteering and research. Many years of summer school on top of that to fill in other requirements like foreign language.

It’s always been a difficult path to becoming a doctor, this is not some new thing. Your kid is either cut out for it or not. It doesn’t get easier in med school or residency.

Oh BS! Typical DCUM response bashing kids’ academic achievements. BTW, I am the PP and my kid is 8! Anyway, no one ever said that it shouldn’t be difficult, but, as this crisis and the aging population shows, there needs to be more medical school and residency slots and thousands of them at that.

exactly. Bit of an imbalance in the post-graduate schooling-required professions. i.e. we have too many lawyers. Nobody ever died from having too few lawyers.

That is true, and I am a lawyer! Anyway, ten of thousands of qualified applicants are turned away from medical schools every year. We actually need to train many of these people to become doctors to alleviate the shortage.

[Anonymous]

Working from home here. Any updates from the press conference

[Anonymous]

The problem with the doctor shortage is IMO 100% because of congress not giving more residency slots. Medical schools can't graduate so many students that they aren't getting residencies.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a good source estimating what the actual current US case count probably is right now as opposed to the tested positive numbers? Have there been estimations based on hospitalizations, comparisons with countries that are testing, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a good source estimating what the actual current US case count probably is right now as opposed to the tested positive numbers? Have there been estimations based on hospitalizations, comparisons with countries that are testing, etc?

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

I read this a few days ago and from what I gathered (while doing 4 other things because homeschool) you're supposed to multiply the official number by 27. And it doubles every 3 days. If someone has newer formulas, I'm all ears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a good source estimating what the actual current US case count probably is right now as opposed to the tested positive numbers? Have there been estimations based on hospitalizations, comparisons with countries that are testing, etc?

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

I read this a few days ago and from what I gathered (while doing 4 other things because homeschool) you're supposed to multiply the official number by 27. And it doubles every 3 days. If someone has newer formulas, I'm all ears.

27!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a good source estimating what the actual current US case count probably is right now as opposed to the tested positive numbers? Have there been estimations based on hospitalizations, comparisons with countries that are testing, etc?

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

I read this a few days ago and from what I gathered (while doing 4 other things because homeschool) you're supposed to multiply the official number by 27. And it doubles every 3 days. If someone has newer formulas, I'm all ears.

27!

PP here -- feel free to offer another conclusion, I fully admit I was reading relatively quickly and was pulled away from it many times but that's what I gathered. That puts DC's 30 confirmed cases at 810 actual. Hopefully the social distance guidelines that some of us are adhering to is slowing the numbers but this article hasn't been updated since 3/13.