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The question of whether hospitals are overwhelmed is actually multi-factor. Are some hospitals overwhelmed? Yes, but is the cause due to COVID or unvaccinated p

The question of whether hospitals are overwhelmed is actually multi-factor. Are some hospitals overwhelmed? Yes, but is the cause due to COVID or unvaccinated patients? The fact is there is a labor shortage right now, many people are struggling to hire and find people and at my local hospital the rooms are there, built, empty but they cannot be maintained or used because the nurses have all quit because of the ease to find another job, high stress, risk of catching COVID, mask requirements all day, dealing with people who won’t wear masks and more issues that are all directly related to the disease but not caused by the disease itself. Now they can find a less stressful job, maybe working remotely from home, move to a cheaper cost of living area, or simply work in an environment without masking all day long. When Delta hit nurses quit because they didn’t want to deal with it any more.

logifail 5y ago
> Yes, but is the cause due to COVID or unvaccinated patients? Given hospitals routinely test for Covid on admission, isn't there a third option? Patients admitted to hospital with non-Covid19 medical issues who then happen to test positive and subsequently get put in the statistics in a total which the media then report as "Covid19 patients in hospital" See: "23% of Covid infections in hospital [in the UK] - or nearly one in four - were patients admitted for other reasons"[0] "More than half of Covid patients in hospital [in the UK] 'tested positive after admission'"[1] [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58030125 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58030125 [1] https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/more-half-covid-patients-hospital-24623148 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/more-half-covid-patien...