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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the US is having the same problem with medical workers. None of the urgent care doctors in my area stay in the position for more than a couple of months. All the veterinary places are three to six months out for appointments. It seems really weird to have health care shortages. I know at least on the doctor side we probably lost a lot post COVID.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's thousands of kids that get rejected from the education system because they got 97% instead of 98% average or because they got 100 hours of volunteer time instead of 150 hours due to having to work to pay for school.

We could have a bunch of 97% people filling in these medical positions but the degradation of medical services would be so atrocious we would all wish for the time we needed to wait 8 months to see a specialist for that time sensitive medical condition

If I ever need urgent care I could always go to a truck stop and ask around to find the immigrant who spent 30 years practicing as a family physician back in Kenya but now drives truck because we won't recognize their skills other than to bring them into the country