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This is part of the problem with the argument around hospitals being overrun. People don't have any context with what it means. In reality it's not hospitals b
by fzeroracer 5y ago
This is part of the problem with the argument around hospitals being overrun. People don't have any context with what it means.
In reality it's not hospitals being 110% maxed out. It's hospitals inching closer to capacity at 80, 85, 90% which then requires hospital workers to start taking into account triage. It means elective surgeries and people that don't need help right now end up getting pushed back, even if they still need help that day or will die.
Daniel Wilkinson died as a result of not getting treatment for something that is very easily treatable in a hospital [1] during the last wave. Multiple hospitals across multiple states couldn't admit him. This is what it means when the healthcare system crumbles: People start dying from otherwise treatable problems.
[1] https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/08/28/houston-veteran-dies-of-treatable-illness-after-waiting-hours-for-icu-bed/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/08/28/houston-...