Reply to once again, why aren't we more concerned about variants?

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "once again, why aren't we more concerned about variants?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maryland hospitals are filling up.  One already has no beds available for the first time in its history.  How do you think this [b]might affect other people, like someone suffering a heart attack or a person injured in a car accident[/b]?  Not to mention completely overwhelmed and burned out front line workers?  People in denial about the stress Omicron is putting on the health care system are just plain selfish at this point. And, again, we have some suggesting it doesn’t matter if elderly, obese, or immunocompromised people suffer or die.[/quote]

I think this bolded problem is solved if hospitals have a set number of beds reserved for unvaccinated Covid patients (hmmm... like maybe 20% of their beds?).  Once those beds are filled up, then the unvaccinated Covid patients and their family members just have to deal with it on their own.  They could stay at home, they could try to drive to other hospitals, etc.  I feel that the burden should be on them.[/quote]

Totally agree![/quote]

What % do you think COVID hospitalizations are?  In VA, less than 10% of all hospitalizations right now.  You seem to think "hospitals are full" means it's all COVID patients.  It's not at all (and they're not full).

Plus, hospitals and ICUs are typically 70-80% full in non-surge, pre-COVID times (otherwise, they don't make money). During flu seasons, they often fill up. The government had 2 years to expand hospital capacity and billions of $ - interesting they have chose not do to so.

If you're going to turn people away, it needs to be obese people first. They take up way more hospital capacity and it's their fault they lived such a lifestyle.  We can also exclude alcoholics and smokers too while we're at it.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics