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‘A perfect storm’ for Delta, Omicron could overwhelm hospitals within weeks
LA Times ^
| 12/17/21
Posted on 12/17/2021 8:36:24 AM PST by BusterDog
SAN FRANCISCO — The rapid growth of Omicron is prompting officials to warn that hospitals could easily become overwhelmed, potentially within weeks, as they deal with a combination of the newest variant of the coronavirus along with patients hit by a holiday wave of the Delta strain.
California and the rest of the nation now face a formidable winter. According to the state’s COVID forecasting models, there are plausible scenarios in which a winter surge could hit hospitals worse than the summer Delta wave, which strained facilities across swaths of the state.
The combination is “a perfect storm for overwhelming our hospital system that is already strained,” said Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, a deputy health officer for Orange County.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; california; covidstooges; delta; deltacron; delticron; fearporn; losangeles; losangelesslimes; losangelestimes; lying; mediawingofthednc; obamacare; omicron; orangecounty; panicporn; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; reginachinsiokwong; sanfrancisco; vaccinemandates
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:36:24 AM PST
by
BusterDog
To: BusterDog
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:37:35 AM PST
by
ConservativeInPA
("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
To: BusterDog
“Could”
How often is that word used by the MSM in fear articles?
To: BusterDog
“... plausible .....could....”
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:38:11 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
To: BusterDog
Indeed! It could cause a worldwide shortage of Kleenex from the sniffles!!!
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:38:20 AM PST
by
albie
To: BusterDog
Guess they shouldn’t have fired those nurses, doctors, and staff.
To: BusterDog
If Omicron is like a mild cold, why would It overwhelm hospitals?
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:38:54 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: BusterDog
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:39:18 AM PST
by
datura
(You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
To: BusterDog
Then again, it might not.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:39:33 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: alternatives?
Could, may, might, possibly, would, should, ........
Yadda, yadda, yadda.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:39:38 AM PST
by
blackdog
(Jab Dodger. )
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Partisan Media Shill and Stooge alert.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:40:19 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BusterDog
If Covid was as bad as they make it seem then how are there any left of a certain demographic group known for weakened immune systems?
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:41:25 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: BusterDog
The medical community has continued to say the Omicron variant, to the extent there is such a thing, is akin to a traditional head cold. Symptoms include sniffling, sneezing, coughing and a stuffy head. However, that said, the Omicron is also being used as a justification for shutting down human activity.
One way to look at the motives of Omicron as a tool to control behavior, is a method to stop travel, work, transportation services and other economic activity that involves the use of gasoline. In essence, Omicron becomes a tool to target the demand side of higher gas prices. If the proles would just stay home and lock down, then demand for energy would slow, and the citizens would not notice the negative effects of energy policy.
Enter Joe Biden today, to tell everyone the Omicron variant will fill up the hospitals with the unvaccinated and unboosted during a time when the winter cold and flu season generally does the same. The White House fear mongering is in direct proportion to the drop in White House approval ratings.
WATCH:
BIDEN – […] “Omicron has not yet spread as fast as it would’ve otherwise done and as is happening in Europe. But it’s here now, and it’s spreading, and it’s going to increase. For unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death — if you’re unvaccinated — for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm.” (read more)
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:41:25 AM PST
by
Bratch
To: BusterDog
Because you can’t go see your doctor anymore for a cold or flu, because of the flu. Simply bureaucracy at its peak performance.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:41:25 AM PST
by
blackdog
(Jab Dodger. )
To: BusterDog
Well planned and effective timing of the release of Omicron variant just in time for Christmas and the holiday travel and gatherings.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:42:00 AM PST
by
DOC44
(ro)
To: BusterDog
A perfect storm of asteroids could wipe out dinosaurs like Biden and Pelosi, but I’m not betting on it. LOL
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:42:11 AM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: BusterDog
Dear LA Times,
We Don’t Believe You Anymore, About Anything.
Have a nice day.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:42:37 AM PST
by
Macoozie
(Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
To: alternatives?
The omicron variant is NOT a deadly disease, or even a factor in comorbidities, as other variants have been. Rather easily treated with ivermectin, the hydroxychloroquine-zinc-azithromycin protocol, or monoclonal antibodies, all of which are now much more widely available, hospitalization in most instances is totally unnecessary, especially if the treatment is started early in the course of the disease.
And it does confer a much more effective natural immunity than any number of injections of the mRNA vaccines, which have only limited effectiveness, with frequent “breakthrough” infections of COVID-19 subsequently.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:45:21 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(COVID-19 Wuhan virus doesn't kill most people, stupid government dictates kill many more people)
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:45:35 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: BusterDog
Bodies are piling up in the streets even as I post.
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posted on
12/17/2021 8:45:45 AM PST
by
Deo volente
("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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