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Inside an Oregon hospital amid an ‘absolutely stunning’ Covid surge
Guardian ^ | 09 September 2021 | Dani Anguiano in Medford, Oregon

Posted on 09/10/2021 8:44:10 PM PDT by blueplum

There was a time earlier this summer when April Rivera and the staff at the drive-through Covid testing site in southern Oregon where she worked had considered closing their doors because demand was so low.

Now, hundreds of patients are lining up at the Asante Rogue regional medical center’s testing site in Medford every day, filling the temporary drive-through in a strip mall parking lot. Even the national guard has been called in to help. Some patients are arriving so sick they have been taken away in ambulances while still in line....

...Last month, cases in the Medford area in Jackson county were growing faster than anywhere else in the US, driven by the hyper-contagious Delta variant...

"This is unprecedented,” Ghosh said. “It’s the same peak that New York and Italy experienced. It’s absolutely stunning...

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: aliens; ccpvirus; covid; illegalaliens; importingdeath; jacksoncounty; oregon
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To: blueplum

Hospitals have had a year and a half to prepare for any surge.

This shouldn’t even be an issue.


21 posted on 09/10/2021 9:17:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

in some areas, they didn’t have a surge last year and didn’t expect one this year. Also depends on how big and who funds the hospital - getting state funds for expansion that may never be needed is fighting for tax dollars same as fed funds.


22 posted on 09/10/2021 9:22:42 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

The only thing stunning are people who believe this


23 posted on 09/10/2021 9:24:56 PM PDT by roving
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To: blueplum

Cranked up the CT counts.


24 posted on 09/10/2021 9:25:11 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: blueplum
oregone and Washington have been on frenzied lockdowns and masking for some time with gusto......and pushing the dang vaxx as well....

the vaccinated are shedding the virus to every healthy person as well to other vaccinated....

the virus is everywhere, as it should be, and the cabal cdc set the cylces for "positive" so high that everybody can test positive at any time....

25 posted on 09/10/2021 9:26:04 PM PDT by cherry
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To: All

Large surge compared to last Winter, but both cases and fatalities peaked about 2 weeks ago and are on the decline:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/oregon/#graph-cases-daily


26 posted on 09/10/2021 9:29:10 PM PDT by Drago
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To: blueplum
At least they could have waited for a car to go by or something. Place looks deserted.

Just as frantic on the inside as it is outside.


27 posted on 09/10/2021 9:30:32 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: blueplum

in some areas, they didn’t have a surge last year and didn’t expect one this year. Also depends on how big and who funds the hospital - getting state funds for expansion that may never be needed is fighting for tax dollars same as fed funds.>>> Maybe if the docs treated the disease instead of hiding behind CDC. People might not really die from this. just my opinion. waiting for people to get to the ICU ventilators before treating them well leads to a lot of people at the ICU ventilators.


28 posted on 09/10/2021 9:33:27 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: blueplum

It will be interesting to see if the Delta variant has an impact on the northeast this winter. It’s already made an impact down south.


29 posted on 09/10/2021 9:34:05 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott; ransomnote

There is no Delta variant.


30 posted on 09/10/2021 9:45:55 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: blueplum

Oregon has one of the highest VAX rates in the nation.
We’re experiencing a pandemic of the vaccinated


31 posted on 09/10/2021 9:48:50 PM PDT by NoLibZone (In 2 yrs only living will be conservative Christians Liberal vaxed sheep will be dead.Trust G's plan)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I think they failed to prove that there is a Covid 19 virus in court 3 or 4 times now, too.


32 posted on 09/10/2021 9:50:28 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: blueplum

Who writes your checks?

Folks, having to go to Medford, OR is like a NYC reporter travelling to Portland, ME to find a full hospital.

Hint: It’s what they’re NOT reporting which is the most illuminating.

You really are a piece of...work.


33 posted on 09/10/2021 9:59:45 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: blueplum

But . . . how can this be??? They aren’t DUMB like Texas and Florida! /sarc


34 posted on 09/10/2021 10:00:55 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: blueplum

not the delta variant

its the vaxx that’s effing them up


35 posted on 09/10/2021 10:10:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: logi_cal869

why are you so angry over a article that you attack the messenger instead of the story?

here’s Oregon’s interactive map on bed availability to help you find one.

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/oregon.health.authority.covid.19/viz/OregonCOVID-19HospitalCapacity/BedAvailabilitybyRegion


36 posted on 09/10/2021 11:10:15 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Karl Spooner

So, those photos makes you not believe the crisis described by the article?


37 posted on 09/10/2021 11:16:03 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: NoLibZone

*Oregon has one of the highest VAX rates in the nation*.

well so does calif (70%one/56%two). Norcal may have a lower rate, but the pandemic never ends in So Cal. We had to wait almost a year to get a haircut or dentist, much less a eat-in restaurant.

The article says the cases are coming from unvaccinated areas of the state. Oregon 64%one/58%two
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/state/oregon


38 posted on 09/10/2021 11:37:57 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: BenLurkin

Hospitals have had a year and a half to prepare for any surge.


When the pandemic started, Oregon had the lowest hospital bed count in the country. Data from 2019 says they have 1.6 beds per 1K citizens. The article is from Mar 2020.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/states-ranked-by-hospital-beds-per-1-000-population.html


39 posted on 09/11/2021 12:10:23 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: blueplum

20 people have died of Covid, in the Whole State of Oregon over the last week.

Here are 6 counties with population and deaths per-7 days.

Yamhill 107,100 population 1 death
Washington 601,592 population 1 death
Clackamas 418,187 population 1 death
Marion 347,818 population 2 deaths
Polk 86,085 population 1 death
Tillamook 27,036 population 0 deaths

Bodies are floating down the Willamette & Columbia Rivers.(sarcasm)


40 posted on 09/11/2021 12:30:57 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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