Your Serious and Funny Covid19 Predictions

[PsyDr]

Mine:

1) Mental health need goes through the roof
2) Internships delay graduating people due to licensing concerns
3) 5% of leadership die, or retire. Younger people rush to fill the vacuum. Bands of roving psychologists form, and have street fights for domination.
4) Many older psychologists stay in practice far past 70 because the stock market is bad. Board complaints go up.
5) Telemedicine remains a significant vector by which psychologists administer care. People argue ad nauseum about equivalencies for the next 15 years. Some dillhole leaks test data to law firms and such.
6) One of the nicer SDN old guard people dies. Everyone is surprised to learn his/her real identity is someone big, like Linehan or something.

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[WisNeuro]

1) People don't understand and/or appreciate that this is likely to be a continuing issue, likely seasonal. So we'll have several waves of this over the next year, barring some major medical breakthrough, until we have a viable vaccine.
2) Some telehealth services will continue to be reimbursed longterm.
3) Many industries will see that there is no real necessity for their workers to actually do their jobs in an office. Telework becomes more prevalent. Commercial office space bubble pops, if you want an office, you can now get a pretty cheap lease.
4) If one of us dies, we have a deathmatch to see who gets to have their reaction score.
5) As Murrica seems intent on drinking and eating their way through quarantine, the increase in deaths from liver dysfunction, heart disease, and diabetes will be far deadlier than Covid (as they already are).

 

[DynamicDidactic]

1. A slightly accelerated contraction of small, rural private colleges.
2. An increase in enrollments at large universities due to a downturn in the economy and some people realizing they hated their old jobs/careers.
3. Less sexy but better quality research being published by top tier journals since research productivity has decreased. A lot of bad COVID research among good stuff.
4. A lot of administrative support staff positions being cut at universities.
5. Increase need for mental health treatment. Sorry to steal this one @PsyDr but I agree.

 

[Fan_of_Meehl]

Mine:

1) Mental health need goes through the roof
2) Internships delay graduating people due to licensing concerns
3) 5% of leadership die, or retire. Younger people rush to fill the vacuum. Bands of roving psychologists form, and have street fights for domination.
4) Many older psychologists stay in practice far past 70 because the stock market is bad. Board complaints go up.
5) Telemedicine remains a significant vector by which psychologists administer care. People argue ad nauseum about equivalencies for the next 15 years. Some dillhole leaks test data to law firms and such.
6) One of the nicer SDN old guard people dies. Everyone is surprised to learn his/her real identity is someone big, like Linehan or something.

Veterans Affairs closes the doors of all physical hospital/clinic locations and is bought out by Amazon. Rebranded 'Vetcare Prime' and run as a subscription service with annual fee.

All Mental Health Suite Champions, Program Coordinators, and various/sundry non-providers re-assigned to work the floor in Amazon warehouses. Over 5 years the cost-savings reduces the national debt by 25%.

 

[Sanman]

Mine:

1) Mental health need goes through the roof
2) Internships delay graduating people due to licensing concerns
3) 5% of leadership die, or retire. Younger people rush to fill the vacuum. Bands of roving psychologists form, and have street fights for domination.
4) Many older psychologists stay in practice far past 70 because the stock market is bad. Board complaints go up.
5) Telemedicine remains a significant vector by which psychologists administer care. People argue ad nauseum about equivalencies for the next 15 years. Some dillhole leaks test data to law firms and such.
6) One of the nicer SDN old guard people dies. Everyone is surprised to learn his/her real identity is someone big, like Linehan or something.

*Quietly wraps baseball bat affectionately nicknamed 'Ricky Ricardo' with barbed wire and continues to practice axe throwing skills*

 

[WisNeuro]

Mine:

1) Mental health need goes through the roof
2) Internships delay graduating people due to licensing concerns
3) 5% of leadership die, or retire. Younger people rush to fill the vacuum. Bands of roving psychologists form, and have street fights for domination.
4) Many older psychologists stay in practice far past 70 because the stock market is bad. Board complaints go up.
5) Telemedicine remains a significant vector by which psychologists administer care. People argue ad nauseum about equivalencies for the next 15 years. Some dillhole leaks test data to law firms and such.
6) One of the nicer SDN old guard people dies. Everyone is surprised to learn his/her real identity is someone big, like Linehan or something.

Is this going to be like from The Warriors?

 

[PsyDr]

Veterans Affairs closes the doors of all physical hospital/clinic location and is bought out by Amazon. Rebranded 'Vetcare Prime' and run as a subscription service with annual fee.

@WisNeuro YES.

7) A state of emergency is declared. Someone catches onto the fact that the VA installed ventilators in the walls during the SARS thing (seriously). Using the emergency powers, the VA hospitals are opened to COVID19 patients. This ends up becoming the universal healthcare we all talk about. VA patients are given whatever private insurance those in power are trying to sell as somehow better, and definitely not lining their pockets.

8) Explosion of parents claiming their kids have some learnign disorder. Either because they've been stuck inside with them for a few months, or because they see their kid is of low ability, or because their kids have become habituated to watching screens for 12 hours a day and falls apart when back in a physical environment.

9) Lots of marital therapy. People complain that not being nice= abuse. Spouses notice severe substance abuse. Spouses walk in on their partner cyber-cheating on social media, or looking at super weird porn, or just get sick of their spouses. Oh, and what happens to those sugar babies/hookers on retainer? Bet there's something with that.

10) Insurance pays telemedicine as similar to face to face for 18 months, then slowly reduce reimbursement until people complain.

11) We hit a national depression, that doesn't affect the wealthy at all. Those with cash end up buying stuff cheaply. Conspiracy stuff goes thorught the roof.

12) Psydr starts arguments between factions, then hides and bides his time until the victor is exhausted. Then sneak attack!

13) Many high end restaurants and bars close. Chains survive. Wait staff make HORRIBLE decisions within the first 3 months of re-opening.

14) Crappy colleges close. Universities start exploring online classes, and maybe sell off some real estate due to the reduced need of space. No one mentions that humans populate exponentially, not linearly.

15) Lots of crime.

 

[Temperance]

People will maintain a four-month supply of toilet paper at all times.

 

[Sanman]

The Texas oil business collapses amid reductions in world demand and the ongoing OPEC fight between SA and Russia. This causes a rush toward increasing electric car production and electric infrastructure. Tesla finds itself with record production and profits in this environment. Elon Musk takes these profits and funnels them to the Boring Company, who dig too many tunnels and collapse roads all over LA and Las Vegas. California thus increases incentives to For-profit schools to produce more MH clinicians to battle mass anxiety over road collapses. SDN old guard become more enraged and leave the clinical field to form a new company focused on medmal in CA mental health.

 

[Phillyitzik]

Online psyd/ PhD doctoral “programs” start marketing themselves as the safest program around and the first to do online only programs and insists the public universities are copying their big idea. They also offer a $10,000 scholarship while also raising their tuition by $20,000 due to “demand”

-you will be able to minor in hand cleaning


On a serious note:
- remote job opportunities will increase for entry level positions
- a surge of funding to Covid 19 related research.
- an increased appreciation for life and our day to day living.

 

[Justanothergrad]

1. More time is spent developing extremely specific COVID treatment protocols that there is need or research support for.

#AlreadyThere.

 

[Sanman]

1. More time is spent developing extremely specific COVID treatment protocols that there is need or research support for.

#AlreadyThere.

To take this a step further:

1. PESI will hire someone hawking a treatment protocol on the CE circuit. Come to your 2 day seminar now for just $699!

2. JCAHO will cite some hospital for not having a COVID-19 emergency plan on the books the minute they are making site visits again.

 

[deleted343839]

People will maintain a four-month supply of toilet paper at all times.

This company, currently overwhelmed, will really start to hit its stride in the new normal: Who Gives A Crap USA

The Texas oil business collapses amid reductions in world demand and the ongoing OPEC fight between SA and Russia.

SDN old guard become more enraged and leave the clinical field to form a new company focused on medmal in CA mental health.

I am forced to reinvent myself and launch a whole new career. Working from home, obviously.

 

[ClinicalABA]

Things that will (or at least I hope will) continue:

-The "formal on top, sweatpants/pajamas on the bottom" fashion trend

-4pm cocktail time

-bald people, with our lack of dependence on others for hair care needs, will continue to be the envy of all

-Fan of Meehl will complain about working at the VA

 

[WisNeuro]

Things that will (or at least I hope will) continue:

-The "formal on top, sweatpants/pajamas on the bottom" fashion trend

-4pm cocktail time

-bald people, with our lack of dependence on others for hair care needs, will continue to be the envy of all

-Fan of Meehl will complain about working at the VA

Why are you waiting until 4PM?

 

[ClinicalABA]

Why are you waiting until 4PM?

Because my last work call of the day ended at 5pm

 

[WisNeuro]

Because my last work call of the day ended at 5pm

I prefer the Don Draper method of telehealth administration.

 

[PsyDr]

 

[ClinicalABA]

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My wife and I are rewatching 30 Rock as I type this. In the current episode, they're trying to make the point that Liz is simple by having her talk about going to the "new popcorn place" for lunch. Prior to the episode starting, I- unawares- made a big batch of popcorn for supper. In this age of COVID lockdown, life does imitate art. Not sure I'm going to come out intact on the other side. A month ago I was sipping Angels Envy after eating a perfectly cooked ribeye. Today, I'm drinking box pinot grigio (from the same glass I drank the whiskey in) to wash down popcorn.

 

[AbnormalPsych]

Some how and some way, this all gets spun into 4 more years. 4 more years.

America becomes even more lazy, preventable disease goes through the roof.

The old guard gets even older, and guardier. After losing battles to the man, there is a mass exodus of early and middle career folks to private practice and other careers.

@AbnormalPsych invests in a bidet.

 

[WisNeuro]

America becomes even more lazy, preventable disease goes through the roof.

The old guard gets even older, and guardier. After losing battles to the man, there is a mass exodus of early and middle career folks to private practice and other careers.
@AbnormalPsych invests in a bidet.

Aren't preventable diseases in the US already through the roof? We're already pretty fat, stupid, and lazy. I guess we could start heading in the directions of the human race in Wall-E.

As for the mass exodus, I'll be in the vanguard. Unless the vanguard already went, then I'll be in the van. The A-team van.

 

[PsyDr]

As for the mass exodus, I'll be in the vanguard. Unless the vanguard already went, then I'll be in the van. The A-team van.

They don't let the B team into that van.


ZING!

 

[WisNeuro]

They don't let the B team into that van.


ZING!

What if the B-team van has a sweet tiger in space motif painted on the side? Can it at least be the B+ Team?

 

[MAClinician]

They see Wis rollin’, they hatin’!

 

[Temperance]

A lot of bad COVID research among good stuff.

If I never see the Perceived Stress Scale used again, then it will be too soon.

 

[WisNeuro]

If I never see the Perceived Stress Scale used again, then it will be too soon.

Perhaps one of the most widely used, but least helpful scales I've ever come across in my resilience/PTSD days.

 

[deleted343839]

I guess we could start heading in the directions of the human race in Wall-E.

More of a long term prediction but I'm gonna co-sign it anyway.

 

[forensic13]

Mine:

1) Mental health need goes through the roof
2) Internships delay graduating people due to licensing concerns
3) 5% of leadership die, or retire. Younger people rush to fill the vacuum. Bands of roving psychologists form, and have street fights for domination.
4) Many older psychologists stay in practice far past 70 because the stock market is bad. Board complaints go up.
5) Telemedicine remains a significant vector by which psychologists administer care. People argue ad nauseum about equivalencies for the next 15 years. Some dillhole leaks test data to law firms and such.
6) One of the nicer SDN old guard people dies. Everyone is surprised to learn his/her real identity is someone big, like Linehan or something.

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!

 

[forensic13]

 

[forensic13]

My predictions:

1. Teletherapy becomes so normal that patients start complaining about having to come in person. Insurance companies will also prefer it because they'll find a way to pay us less.
2. Medicine/food/essentials hoarding will become a normal part of our culture.
3. Some online program will offer a track in Pandemic Psychology.
4. Wearing masks out in public will also become a normal part of our culture.
5. Apple will release an iPhone made of special antiviral glass/plastic next year

 

[AbnormalPsych]

My predictions:

1. Teletherapy becomes so normal that patients start complaining about having to come in person. Insurance companies will also prefer it because they'll find a way to pay us less.
2. Medicine/food/essentials hoarding will become a normal part of our culture.
3. Some online program will offer a track in Pandemic Psychology.
4. Wearing masks out in public will also become a normal part of our culture.
5. Apple will release an iPhone made of special antiviral glass/plastic next year

All too real.

 

[R. Matey]

My predictions:

1. Teletherapy becomes so normal that patients start complaining about having to come in person. Insurance companies will also prefer it because they'll find a way to pay us less.
2. Medicine/food/essentials hoarding will become a normal part of our culture.
3. Some online program will offer a track in Pandemic Psychology.
4. Wearing masks out in public will also become a normal part of our culture.
5. Apple will release an iPhone made of special antiviral glass/plastic next year

Can’t wait to be an associate editor of the journal of pandemic psychology. I’ll publish all the papers.


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[Fan_of_Meehl]

Can’t wait to be an associate editor of the journal of pandemic psychology. I’ll publish all the papers.


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The new position of 'Whole Health Disasterology and Domestic Violence Prevention Champion' will be posted to USA Jobs en masse.

Meanwhile 'funds will be scarce' for clinical psychologist positions.

So a couple of years back--when it was the flavor-of-the-week--our facility opened up a Women's Clinic to great fanfare and after spending lots of $ remodeling the space, etc. It had a physician and psychologist and provided primary care and mental health services to women veterans. A couple months ago, the physician retired and I guess they decided to scrap the Women's clinic. So, there came along this new position of 'Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator' and the clinical psychologist who had been working at the Women's Clinic (and carrying a caseload and providing therapy to a good number of women veterans) applied for and got the position. And then, supposedly due to lack of funds, they went ahead and closed out the psychologist position so all those women were left without a therapist and had to be dispersed to the already full caseloads of other providers. So, in order to create a spot for a 'coordinator' position to 'prevent' the occurrence of an event ('workplace violence') that has never even occurred once at this facility (to my knowledge), this organization created a position at a higher GS-level (14) and filled it with a GS-13 psychologist who had been providing actual direct mental health care to women veterans.

 

[R. Matey]

The new position of 'Whole Health Disasterology and Domestic Violence Prevention Champion' will be posted to USA Jobs en masse.

Meanwhile 'funds will be scarce' for clinical psychologist positions.

So a couple of years back--when it was the flavor-of-the-week--our facility opened up a Women's Clinic to great fanfare and after spending lots of $ remodeling the space, etc. It had a physician and psychologist and provided primary care and mental health services to women veterans. A couple months ago, the physician retired and I guess they decided to scrap the Women's clinic. So, there came along this new position of 'Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator' and the clinical psychologist who had been working at the Women's Clinic (and carrying a caseload and providing therapy to a good number of women veterans) applied for and got the position. And then, supposedly due to lack of funds, they went ahead and closed out the psychologist position so all those women were left without a therapist and had to be dispersed to the already full caseloads of other providers. So, in order to create a spot for a 'coordinator' position to 'prevent' the occurrence of an event ('workplace violence') that has never even occurred once at this facility (to my knowledge), this organization created a position at a higher GS-level (14) and filled it with a GS-13 psychologist who had been providing actual direct mental health care to women veterans.

A prediction: A new helping profession will emerge called "epidemiological guides" which will use the science of epidemiology to "help" people make decisions about disaster planning. They will organize and demand to use psychotherapy codes for billing.

 

[Sanman]

The new position of 'Whole Health Disasterology and Domestic Violence Prevention Champion' will be posted to USA Jobs en masse.

Meanwhile 'funds will be scarce' for clinical psychologist positions.

So a couple of years back--when it was the flavor-of-the-week--our facility opened up a Women's Clinic to great fanfare and after spending lots of $ remodeling the space, etc. It had a physician and psychologist and provided primary care and mental health services to women veterans. A couple months ago, the physician retired and I guess they decided to scrap the Women's clinic. So, there came along this new position of 'Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator' and the clinical psychologist who had been working at the Women's Clinic (and carrying a caseload and providing therapy to a good number of women veterans) applied for and got the position. And then, supposedly due to lack of funds, they went ahead and closed out the psychologist position so all those women were left without a therapist and had to be dispersed to the already full caseloads of other providers. So, in order to create a spot for a 'coordinator' position to 'prevent' the occurrence of an event ('workplace violence') that has never even occurred once at this facility (to my knowledge), this organization created a position at a higher GS-level (14) and filled it with a GS-13 psychologist who had been providing actual direct mental health care to women veterans.

In all fairness, with all the women's clinic patients left without a care provider, there is an increased likelihood of workplace violence. So, you need that coordinator, lol.

@Fan_of_Meehl, you need to be applying to these positions.

 

[Fan_of_Meehl]

In all fairness, with all the women's clinic patients left without a care provider, there is an increased likelihood of workplace violence. So, you need that coordinator, lol.

@Fan_of_Meehl, you need to be applying to these positions.

With a temper like mine? LOL

 

[Sanman]

With a temper like mine? LOL

If you can't beat em, join em.

 

[DocHolliday23]

"Be well" and "Stay healthy" replace "Best" and "Warmly" as email signatures.

People refuse to go back to wearing bras. Victoria's Secret is close to bankruptcy when they realize that bras can be turned into face masks with minor finagling. They're marketed at "double layer, foam insulated". Stocks skyrocket.

The term "generational trauma" enters the mainstream vernacular in reference to babies born and conceived during the pandemic. Mad studies on "quarinteens" when they come of age.

The popularity of esports finally explodes in America. Everyone hates Dallas's esports team.

Significant increases in bleach-injection related deaths. Task forces necessary.

Droves of people try to get their "quarantine" diaries published a la Anne Frank.

 

[psychlife19]

"Be well" and "Stay healthy" replace "Best" and "Warmly" as email signatures.

People refuse to go back to wearing bras. Victoria's Secret is close to bankruptcy when they realize that bras can be turned into face masks with minor finagling. They're marketed at "double layer, foam insulated". Stocks skyrocket.

“What size facemask are you? B or D?”
“This one is designed with a pushup effect to make your face look slimmer”

I can imagine them advertising something like this.

 

[thebalmofhurtminds]

"Be well" and "Stay healthy" replace "Best" and "Warmly" as email signatures.

People refuse to go back to wearing bras. Victoria's Secret is close to bankruptcy when they realize that bras can be turned into face masks with minor finagling. They're marketed at "double layer, foam insulated". Stocks skyrocket.

The term "generational trauma" enters the mainstream vernacular in reference to babies born and conceived during the pandemic. Mad studies on "quarinteens" when they come of age.

The popularity of esports finally explodes in America. Everyone hates Dallas's esports team.

Significant increases in bleach-injection related deaths. Task forces necessary.

Droves of people try to get their "quarantine" diaries published a la Anne Frank.

"Everyone hates Dallas's esports team" is my favorite thing that I've read all week.

 

[DocHolliday23]

"Everyone hates Dallas's esports team" is my favorite thing that I've read all week.

Hating Dallas sports teams is the true equalizer.

 

[psychlife19]

“What size facemask are you? B or D?”
“This one is designed with a pushup effect to make your face look slimmer”

I can imagine them advertising something like this.

I was joking when I posted this but Victoria’s Secret is selling masks on their website with their logo on them...$10 each.

Did anyone else’s predictions come true??

 

[ClinicalABA]

Did anyone else’s predictions come true??

All of them- cocktails every day at 4; formal on top and casual on the bottom is the now the latest work fashion craze; several people with long, snaggly, die-job-growing out hair have commented on how lucky I am to have a shaved head; and a quick perusal of other threads shows that Fan of Meehl is still complaining about the VA!

 

[Sanman]

I was joking when I posted this but Victoria’s Secret is selling masks on their website with their logo on them...$10 each.

Did anyone else’s predictions come true??

Can someone tell me, does this mean that Victoria's secret is now bad breath?

 

[futureapppsy2]

A lot of bad COVID research among good stuff.

To wit:

Waste in covid-19 research

A deluge of poor quality research is sabotaging an effective evidence based response The medical research world is responding to the covid-19 pandemic at breathtaking speed. There has been a maelstrom of global research, with mixed consequences. Positives include the greater provision of open...

www.bmj.com

 

[PsyDr]

Since I’ve been pretty accurate so far....

16) hurricane season produces at least one huge storm that really screws up Texas, Louisiana, or Florida. AND one storm that hits one of those less common states like New York.

 

[thebalmofhurtminds]

Since I’ve been pretty accurate so far....

16) hurricane season produces at least one huge storm that really screws up Texas, Louisiana, or Florida. AND one storm that hits one of those less common states like New York.

Hey, stop that.

 

[AbnormalPsych]

Well, hey, radioactive forest fires at Chernobyl are a thing in 2020 now.

Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite, Stirring Up Radiation (Published 2020)

Wildfires are common in the so-called Zone of Alienation around the abandoned Chernobyl plant. A larger-than-typical fire is stirring up radiation, though levels remain normal in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

www.nytimes.com

 

[PsyDr]

Monkey steals COVID-19 blood samples from a lab technician in India

Video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree

www.livescience.com

 

[WisNeuro]

Monkey steals COVID-19 blood samples from a lab technician in India

Video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree

www.livescience.com

Is this how Planet of the Apes starts?


"You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!"