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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But why are the hospitals empty and ERs ghost towns in major hospitals in the area?  Are COVID patients admitted into a separate entrance?  Not trying to minimize anything - honestly curious.  The guy's a wacko for sure, but videos tell a story, right?  Or am I missing something?[/quote]

Covid patients are in hospital rooms or in the ICU, not sitting in the lobby. When someone comes in with covid symptoms, they are separated quickly, not sent to the the common waiting room.  Often they come in through the ambulance bays.

In addition, covid has caused a decline in other reasons why someone might be in the lobby.  Hospitals are bringing fewer people in for outpatient visits, because they're doing things by telemedicine.  Elective procedures are being delayed.  People are choosing not to come to the ER with more minor things (e.g. before covid I took my kid to the ER for what turned out to be a minor fracture in his hand, I chose the ER so as not to miss school the next day. Today if my kid had the same symptoms, I'd wait and take him to the ortho).  There are fewer visitors, etc . . .

So, yes the lobby is empty. That has nothing to do with the number of patients with covid in the hospital.

As someone who has been in the ER with a scared very sick loved one for whom covid would be devastating, I think this guy should receive some sort of severe punishment.  I'm hesitant to suggest jail because he's clearly cavalier about the virus and jail would be an easy place for him to spread the virus. [/quote]

This is correct. I had surgery last week at a local hospital. My DH had to drop me off at the front door. The lobby and front of the hospital - billing sept, etc - were like a ghost town. Inside the hospital where patients were being treated (surgical waiting area, recovery, inpatient rooms) it was absolutely packed. [/quote]

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