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Originally Posted by susannahsays
I understand what you're saying, but if the logic is that because bars are open, everything else should be too, I don't really agree. It's kind of like when people say well I can go off and die for my country at 18, so we should lower the legal age for x, y, and z to 18. To me the issue is that you can go off and die for your country at age 18, not that you have to be older to do x, y, and z - so this approach to the issue would make everything even worse. Instead of being only partially screwed up, it would be completely screwed up.
As far as teletherapy goes, though, I hadn't heard of therapy being literally not allowed to happen in person. In my state at least, I think it was up to individual therapists. Therapy is considered healthcare, and there was certainly a lot of pressure on therapists to do it remotely, but I'm not sure that a therapist continuing to do remote when other things have opened is because they are actually being restricted.
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I'm confused, I think...not exactly sure what your first paragraph means.
I'm saying that - in my state, anyway - it seems azz-backwards to open retail, restaurants, salons, gyms, etc. - but healthcare remains largely inaccessible. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Keep healthcare facilities open.
Then slowly re-open the other places.
As for therapists...mine isn't in private practice. She and my pdoc work in a clinic. So they have to do what the clinic tells them to do. For the foreseeable future, the clinic is shut down; open only for telehealth and emergency situations (such as dental emergencies).
So what seems crazy to me is that I can go shopping, I can get a haircut, I can dine out, I can hang out at a bar - yet I
cannot see my GP, my dentist, or my mental health team.