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Mississippi asks Biden administration to send military hospital ship
13NewsNow ^ | 12 August 2021 | Emily Shapiro,Ivan Pereira, and Meredith Deliso

Posted on 08/12/2021 1:36:02 AM PDT by blueplum

Norfolk-based USNS Comfort was deployed to help treat patients in the early days of the pandemic. Mississippi health officials hope it can be deployed again.

NORFOLK, Va. — Hampton Roads could send help to one of the COVID-19 pandemic's hardest-hit states.

Mississippi has requested the federal government send a military hospital ship such as the Norfolk-based USNS Comfort to help its overloaded hospitals with COVID-19 patients, state health official Jim Craig said Wednesday....

The University of Mississippi Medical Center has 127 COVID-19 patients, including 26 children, Dean LouAnn Woodward said Wednesday. About 90% of them are unvaccinated, she said.

The dean warned, "The Mississippi hospital system will fail within the next five to seven or 10 days if the current trajectory continues.”

(Excerpt) Read more at 13newsnow.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; comfort; covid; mercyclass; navy; pandemic; usn; usns; usnscomfort
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To: blueplum

Hey Gov, it’s time to call out the national guard and their field hospitals. They can deploy in 2 days.


61 posted on 08/12/2021 5:54:48 AM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: DownInFlames

It’s likely that the Governor is giving Biden a chance to say NO


62 posted on 08/12/2021 6:01:12 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: DownInFlames
Hey Gov, it’s time to call out the national guard and their field hospitals. They can deploy in 2 days.

Statewide crisis in MS. NG health workers in MS are already working in MS. Think about it.

63 posted on 08/12/2021 6:01:41 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The Swiss beach volleyball team was inspired by the Jamaican bobsled team. )
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To: blueplum
This has GOT to be propaganda.

There's no way there's that many people in the hospital for COVID in Mississippi.

64 posted on 08/12/2021 6:17:21 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: ronnie raygun

Those were the most important words in the propaganda article.


65 posted on 08/12/2021 6:17:49 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Jim Noble

I don’t what you think it “proves”, I WON’T TAKE IT, and there are MILLIONS MORE who won’t take these gene therapies, either. You high-and-mighty “just take it” types, looking down your noses at us. Just stay in your Blue Cities, and leave us alone.


66 posted on 08/12/2021 6:20:00 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: backwoods-engineer
There's no way there's that many people in the hospital for COVID in Mississippi.

There is a book you should read. "Denial, A River In Egypt."

67 posted on 08/12/2021 6:24:38 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The Swiss beach volleyball team was inspired by the Jamaican bobsled team. )
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To: Drew68

No doubt the new wave of Chicom flu infected illegals is mixing with blacks and reeking havoc. I was stunned by the swarms of FOTB looking types in restaurants and walmart on a recent trip to SW FL. Sadly, I guess they aren’t even illegals any longer. DHS gave them their papers.


68 posted on 08/12/2021 6:25:38 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: backwoods-engineer

A) You didn’t read what I wrote.

B) I live in the woods, left cities behind 30 years ago.


69 posted on 08/12/2021 6:31:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: blueplum

Takes a while to move a ship.

Do the neighboring states not have hospitals?


70 posted on 08/12/2021 6:32:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: albie

Did she have good private insurance?


71 posted on 08/12/2021 6:43:59 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: blueunicorn6

AL, LA and AR are all in dire straits due to COVID crush, with ICU bed and staffing shortages. Very high staff burnout.


73 posted on 08/12/2021 6:59:27 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The Swiss beach volleyball team was inspired by the Jamaican bobsled team. )
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To: blueplum

“Mississippi asks Biden administration to send military hospital ship”

Fake news.

The request was made by a screeching female bureaucrat at the University of Mississippi. This banshee doesn’t represent the state.


74 posted on 08/12/2021 7:11:09 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Federal courts no longer have any standing in America. )
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To: NautiNurse

Have they contacted Franklin Graham’s organization?


75 posted on 08/12/2021 7:12:43 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: wardaddy

I’m sure you’ve explained it to someone before, but I must have missed it. When you get a chance, please refresh this former resident of Murfreesboro’s memory on why you call black people “Negroes” in this day and age.


76 posted on 08/12/2021 7:20:09 AM PDT by coop71
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To: blueplum
"Senior Deputy and Director, Office of Health Protection"

This guy is like 14 down on the list of MS Health Officials!

WTH, Goobernor Tate Reeves! Either man up and do the ask yourself, don't hide under some state lifer's skirt.

77 posted on 08/12/2021 8:01:52 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: backwoods-engineer

https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21994,420,873.html


78 posted on 08/12/2021 11:45:14 AM PDT by Hepsabeth ( )
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To: madison10

That’s the dirty secret. It’s the same in Texas. Mostly in immigrant communities and border towns.


79 posted on 08/12/2021 11:49:19 AM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: madison10

That’s the dirty secret. It’s the same in Texas. Mostly in immigrant communities and border towns.


80 posted on 08/12/2021 11:53:18 AM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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