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Rickyvol77 said:
You don’t know what you speak of. Hospitals didn’t cancel elective surgeries because of lack of beds due to Covid patients.
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Our health system most certainly did. During the last surge, we had days where more than a third of our inpatients were C19 patients. Our hospitals were at 130 to 150 percent capacity, and non-emergent surgeries were postponed for several weeks until the surge subsided.

I also find the term "elective" misleading. People think of cosmetic surgery, etc. when they hear elective surgery. But what elective surgery means is actually any non-emergent surgery. Not criticizing your use of the term -- obviously, it's used industry-wide. I just think it's not especially clear to non-health care personnel.
 
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ohhbother said:
Our health system most certainly did. During the last surge, we had days where more than a third of our inpatients were C19 patients. Our hospitals were at 130 to 150 percent capacity, and all non-emergent surgeries were postponed for several weeks until the surge subsided.

I also find the term "elective" misleading. People think of cosmetic surgery, etc. when they hear elective surgery. But what elective surgery means is actually any non-emergent surgery. Not criticizing your use of the term -- obviously, it's used industry-wide. I just think it's not especially clear to non-health care personnel.
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They didn’t have the staff to take care of all the patients. Some were Covid patients some were not. It wasn’t an actual bed problem it was a nursing and other ancillary staffing issue due to the layoffs and retirement of staff during the first shutdown. I was knee deep in this and saw it firsthand. Bed shortage sounds more daunting than staff shortage.
 
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allvol123 said:
Are they incorrect?
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Are they incorrect? I don't know. I do know they're not asking what is best for America and for Americans. I also know that Tedros has to some extent been framing this discussion in Marxist terms (which should not, perhaps, be surprising, given his history with the Tigray People's Liberation Front).
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Be very careful what you wish for...

1.5 Million Parents Could Drop Out Of Workforce If Biden Stimulus Passes; Analysis | ZeroHedge
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Leaving aside other considerations that may bear upon the prudence of extending the enhanced child tax credit, what does it say about us and our priorities that we consider it a bad thing for mothers to withdraw from the labor market in order to be more present to their children?

Meanwhile: US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year | AP News
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
Again I ask why are people testing theirselves?

If you get sick enough to go to see a doctor then they will take care of it.
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Why did DVD Rewinders sell by the hundreds when Blockbuster began carrying movies on disc? People like feeling like the have control, even when it's just an illusion.
 
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Have had symptoms since Monday and Tuesday night was a bit rough with high temps. 2 tests and still negative though

Friend I hung out with last week tested positive and had the exact same symptoms.
 
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mad4vols said:
This is excellent news, there are studies out of South Africa saying the risk of being hospitalized is much lower with omicron than delta. But their studies do show, there isn’t much difference in the severity in that population of the ones that are hospitalized with omicron or delta.
Hope we have the same results here.

More good news.

WHO forecasts coronavirus pandemic will end in 2022

Fingers crossed 🤞
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LOL Of course it will. I predict sometime around the end of summer. Then a couple of good jobs reports.... then the November elections.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
I have to prove my innocence once a week.
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I honestly think my hospital is too lazy to keep up with everyone’s weekly check. They haven’t even initiated it yet. Since the merger with another health system we have seen positions go unfilled locally and selling off of long term care facilities. I can see the writing on the wall.
 
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mad4vols said:
Believing in science equals hysteria to you?
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If you believe the science peddled on TV for politics is really science, then yes, that equals hysteria. Fauci has done more damage to science credibility than the virus has to the people of the world. If he is science, give me home remedies any day.
 
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DuckInAPen said:
Are they incorrect? I don't know. I do know they're not asking what is best for America and for Americans. I also know that Tedros has to some extent been framing this discussion in Marxist terms (which should not, perhaps, be surprising, given his history with the Tigray People's Liberation Front).
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Of for sure, WHO is evil. But his belief here is quite possibly correct, regardless of the motive.
 
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utvolpj said:
Have had symptoms since Monday and Tuesday night was a bit rough with high temps. 2 tests and still negative though

Friend I hung out with last week tested positive and had the exact same symptoms.
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I woke up with a headache and a fever in the middle of the night after the first Tennessee game in early September. Knew exactly what I had. Went and got tested and it was negative. Was told that the rapid tests can take 3 to 5 days to flag positive because your viral load is often too low at that point. Went back 4 days later, and sure enough tested positive. Fever and cough were by far the worst parts. Ran a fever of over 102 for 10 days in a row. Had every classic symptom except a sore throat.
 
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