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Originally Posted by elisewin
I understand it is disappointing to be put on distance when you expect to go in person. I have never been to a distance therapy session, but the other distant meetings that I have been to, are just a vague shadow of meeting people in person. So I understand it is not the same, but 10% of what you are paying for.
Also I think it is him, not you who is overreacting. Covid is not going away, and meeting people one on one with a decent distance seems very low risk to me. Maybe us who really have to meet a lot of people at work can't really get that.
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Yes, I think your second point is part of what's frustrating to me. What if he worked for, say, a therapy clinic where he was required to go into the office? Would his wife insist that he quit or take 2 weeks of leave to be off in advance of his vacation? Many employers are requiring employees to return to the office, too.
Dr. T has become more relaxed about it, saying even Friday that he just accepts the risk now about seeing clients in his office. And he mentioned recently how he feels like everyone he knows has Covid. Back when he reopened in person this year--in March, I think?--he said he thought to himself, with the expected surge in fall, what is he going to do, just close his office for the fall and winter? (To which I said, "Well, that's what you did last year!")
Plus, he said only about 1/3 (maybe even fewer) of his clients returned in person. So that's like 10 people a week total, if that? You'd encounter more than that eating inside at a restaurant once. It's not like he's working in the ER or something (or a store, a restaurant, an airport, or one of many other places where you can't do your job without interacting with the public).
So I get the sense that he's OK with the risk (he doesn't even wear a mask to retrieve me in the waiting room anymore, for example), it's mainly his wife (and maybe son?) who isn't at this point.