Man dies in Des Moines hospital after staff can't find ICU room in Nebraska ('We called 23 different hospitals')

kcci.com ^ | 9/3/21 | Andrew Ozaki

[Roman_War_Criminal]

DES MOINES, Iowa (KETV) — Mark McConnaughey was a guy you could count on for anything, according to his long-time friend and doctor Mike Zaruba.

"If someone was in need, he would drop whatever he was doing, even if he needed to get what he was doing done, and come help," Zaruba said.

KETV reports two weeks ago, when the 57-year-old needed care beyond what the Nemaha County Hospital could provide, Zaruba, a board-certified ER doctor, said they could not find any help available in Nebraska.

"That triggered an inflammatory response through his body that cause multi-organ failure," Zaruba said.

McConnaughey was never tested for COVID-19 but showed many of the signs for COVID according to Zaruba. He said McConnaughey was fully vaccinated.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Another “the Vaccine works” ping.

[maddog55]

I call BS on these type stories.. they make no sense ans can’t be verified. Right up there with the Oklahoma Ivermectin overdose BS.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Must be all those ivermectin overdoses...../s

[o-n-money]

I won’t believe it until I hear it from Rachel.

[cuban leaf]

Yeah, sure...

[dhuls]

Seeing a trend of not testing the “vaccinated” sick for COVID-19.... wouldn’t want that stat on record.

[Scarlett156]

Whether it’s true or not, the moral of the story seems to be: Unless you are really, really sick and/or absolutely must go, stay away from the hospital and the doctor’s office.

[wbarmy]

Your sarcasm is not warranted. I am sure it would have been much worse for him if he had not been vaccinated. (/s)

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/567402-fully-vaccinated-man-dies-of-covid-19-daughter

[ClearCase_guy]

Sounds to me like the vaccine killed him.

He wasn’t tested for COVID, so it would be totally irresponsible to say that COVID killed him.

And why does Nebraska have such inadequate medical resources? Sounds like a Nebraska problem.

Oh! Sorry! Am I mis-interpeting the Narrative? Was I supposed to jump to the conclusion that COVID is killing people and overwhelming hospitals nationwide? If that was the intent, I guess I failed. Whoopsie!

[ifinnegan]

KETV reports two weeks ago, when the 57-year-old needed care beyond what the Nemaha County Hospital could provide, Zaruba, a board-certified ER doctor, said they could not find any help available in Nebraska.

“That triggered an inflammatory response through his body that cause multi-organ failure,” Zaruba said.

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Seems to be something missing.

[Robert DeLong]

Ditto.

[FoxInSocks]

McConnaughey was never tested for COVID-19 but showed many of the signs for COVID

There is no way someone presents at a hospital with any sign of COVID and is not tested right away.

[Bobalu]

[so_real]

From the article : He said McConnaughey had a severe shoulder injury that got worse. Zaruba believes McConnaughey may have also had an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection that played a role. "That triggered an inflammatory response through his body that cause multi-organ failure," Zaruba said. McConnaughey was never tested for COVID-19 but showed many of the signs for COVID according to Zaruba. He said McConnaughey was fully vaccinated.

So ... fully vaccinated man dies of something that looks suspiciously like Covid ...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

At this point I triple down on sarcasm.
The lies make the jokes.

[Obadiah]

That’s my motto.

[maddog55]

&327 ICU beds available
4888 beds used
They’re at 67% capacity as of today !!!

Source and select Nebraska: https://data.aha.org/t/AHADataHub/views/COVIDBedShortageDetectionTool/Map-TotalBedsembed?:embed=y&:showVizHome=no&:host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.aha.org%2F&:embed_code_version=3&:tabs=no&:toolbar=no&:showAppBanner=false&:display_spinner=no&iframeSizedToWindow=true&:loadOrderID=0

[Macoozie]

We Don’t Believe You Anymore.

[peggybac]

“McConnaughey was never tested for COVID-19 but showed many of the signs for COVID according to Zaruba. “

Another death from Covid will now appear in the stats, true or not. smh