Posted on 03/26/2020 5:57:58 PM PDT by Lazamataz
At Atlanta's Grady Hospital, all 100 beds in the intensive care unit were full. Then COVID-19 hit. Viral patients are now quarantined wherever the hospital finds space.
"The stress is not just capacity," Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Jansen told CBS News. "It's not just stress of supplies, but on the individuals taking care of the patients. Because so much is not known."
At all of Atlanta's four major hospitals, every ICU bed is taken.
"Just kinda deteriorated," said Justin Anthony, whose cousin is in one of those hospitals. "By Sunday, the fever had not broken and she started coughing.
His cousin, Emma, is 12, one of Georgia's youngest coronavirus patients. Emma's hooked to a ventilator at Atlanta's Children Hospital.
In Alabama, a newborn baby girl is in isolation after her nurse tested positive for COVID-19.
Back in Georgia, at one rural hospital, 12 COVID-19 patients have died. That's more than in thirty-eight states. The hospital is overwhelmed.
"They've asked for help, but we can't give it," Jansen said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Too many people, understandably so in light of the breathless reporting of each new high-profile infection and each new death attributed directly and, with a little investigation, even indirectly to the virus believe that to even be exposed, let alone contract, this new flu is a death sentence. Not only is this conclusion without basis, this belief is harmful in itself and it is dangerous to our society. What? You'll never go to a sporting event again? Your children will never be allowed to participate in group activities and sports in the future? It will be seen as an assault to hug or even shake hands with an old friend? I sure hope not but there are people so frightened by this virus who are saying these things ... publicly.
So there is a point to the slander "it's just the flu, bro." The corona virus/Co-Vid19/Chinese Flu is, in fact, the flu -- admittedly the flu on steriods as one wag put it or the flu with a press agent as I've come to say -- but it's no more an "existential threat" than the "climate change" fearmongers promote over cyclical global warming.
What I am encouraging here is that we must maintain a perspective, a longer-range vision of the potentially significant threats to our society and to our economy if we fail to consider factors other than the threat of the virus itself. Fortunately, our President maintains that perspective even through the ceaseless attacks he faces every hour of every day. God Bless President Trump. May the President's health be strong and his wisdom and guidance prevail in the coming days and weeks as the virus runs its course.
“it looks like fake news.”
Keep well, regardless; fake or true news.
Very well said, FRiend.
To paraphrase, let’s just keep on keeping our heads while many about us are losing theirs; and we’ll get through this time of dread and preserve this great nation for our heirs.
If the media were NOT wall to wall nothing but CV19 the hospitals would NOT be overwhelmed with everyone with a sniffle running in to be tested, the MSM knows how this panic they are creating can overwhelm the hospitals WHY in the hell dont they give it a break!!
Thanks for the alert, V. K. All the best...
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