[ChicagoConservative27]

Now this RINO trash and Abbott on ICU beds in one day.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

OMG! There must be bodies piled in the street!

[rktman]

Sounds like ya better lock her down there ass-uh.

[unixfox]

How many have Covid? Funny they don’t mention that in the article.

[mewzilla]

The state’s own CoupFlu dashboard says this story is BS.

Individual hospitals may be having a problem, but statewide capacity is not anywhere near maxed out.

[cuban leaf]

ICU beds are money makers. They like to keep them full. If we were in a crisis there would be zero and they would be dealing with overflow patients.

But they’re not.

[Karl Spooner]

ICU’s huh, that’s where they finish you off.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/IoyAr8SxRvD5/

[Hatteras]

I work in a facility space planning department for a large hospital. We just finished converting all the emergency covid projects back to their original states due to non-use. Now we did have a fair share in the ED and ICU but the powers that be decided to go a step further. Bed Towers, Entire 30-room wings set aside for Covid care. Shuffling non-covid patients around to make room. Multiple locations, over 150 rooms. 15 months later.... Like the USNS Comfort leaving New York Harbor. Not. One. Covid. Patient...

[mission9]

Remember the good old days, when a report like this, would have Trump order in a MASH?

[G Larry]

You are missing the point!

ILLEGAL ALIENS are spreading disease!!!

[fatman6502002]

Read Abbots statement again, he’s just asking the hospitals to be prepared to cancel elective surgeries if that step is needed. He’s not ordered them to do anything. As for the Arkansas story, is there any independent sources that can confirm this news like Freepers who live there, if there’s not then I would be skeptical of this story. Why do so many here just believe these stories rather than waiting for the facts to come out before getting outraged.

[bray]

How many are vaxed?

[MrRelevant]

How manu ICU beds are normally available?

[Malichi]

Absolute BS!
The local news was reporting last Wednesday that Mississippi had only 7 ICU beds left open. That is demonstrably false. My daughter is a nurse at a hospital here in Jackson. She hasn't heard of an ICU bed shortage. I am a clinical pharmacist. I speak to case managers, nurses and physicians all day long and not one of them has said there is an ICU bed shortage in Mississippi. I would bet that it is the same in Arkansas.

[zeestephen]

The COVID death toll peaked at just under 26,000 per week in early January 2021.

That death toll has steadily come down for the last 28 weeks.

For the last 8 weeks, the COVID death toll has been below 2,000 per week.

2,000 deaths per week is similar to the death toll during a bad influenza season.

Fauci - by the way - has been in charge of USA influenza policies for the last 35 years.

Anyone remember when Fauci shut down the country for 2,000 flu deaths per week?

I do not remember that happening, either.

[Jane Long]

Was just about to post about Abbott making a similar comment.

RINOs are circling!!

[stevem]

Yikes! Better close EVERY business in the state AND EVERY government office from now until it’s no longer necessary!

[Sybeck1]

How does putting a diaper on a kids face change any of this

[RebelTXRose]

Is that due to actual beds full? Or, due to staffing shortages?

Most large hospitals are requiring employees to get jab.
2 people walked off job within 10 minutes of receiving notification email at hubbies hospital. They anticipate many more leaving.

[cpdiii]

The normal occupancy of ICU beds (pre covid) is about 75%. Most of those ICU beds today are filled with non covid patients. The media will not say this.

[lurk]

First, that sounds doubtful.

Second, why isn’t he setting up Army tents or converting schools to care facilities if this is true?