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Here we f'n go again: st. louis area hospital officials claim "ventilator shortage"
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:43 pm
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Missouri hospitals saw a surge in COVID-19 cases over the July 4 weekend, which caused a ventilator shortage, according to hospital officials, the Associated Press reported.
CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield have treated 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, which is up from 169 on Friday, according to the AP. The surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations is partially due to the low vaccination rate in the neighboring counties around Springfield.
The majority of COVID-19 cases in the Springfield area have been the new Delta variant, leading to increased hospital admissions, CoxHealth spokesperson Kaitlyn McConnell told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Only 29.3% of residents in one of Springfield’s neighboring counties have had their first round of vaccinations, compared to the state rate of 44.7% and the national rate of 54.7%, according to the AP.
“After what we’ve seen in the last month, everyone is just holding their breath, especially after a holiday weekend like this, knowing that there were large gatherings,” Chief Administrative Officer of Mercy Springfield, Erik Frederick, told the AP.
“We put one right into service, and we have about 14 on standby right now. When we look at our census of 115 patients, about 85 of those patients right now are on some kind of mechanical ventilation support. That’s pretty scary,” said Frederick.
The ventilator shortage is so dire, Frederick asked over Twitter for respiratory therapists to contact the hospital.
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If you are having ventilator shortages MORE THAN 1.5 YEARS INTO a pandemic, then that is your fault, not the fault of low vaccination rates in the area.
hospital officials should all be fired if this is true. I bet it isn't, btw.
Hospital officials leaking to media about "dire" situations at hospitals is lower than low.
Scaring people is bad.
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
LOCK IT DOWN
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
when are the nurses releasing the tic toc?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:45 pm to cable
New dance vids out any moment now
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The zeta variant!!!!! The sigma variant!!!!!!
Shut it down.
Shut it down.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Missouri hospitals saw a surge in COVID-19 cases over the July 4 weekend,
The July 4th weekend just ended today.
I call horseshite.
ETA:
If this horseshite is indeed the case, Covid has mutated to a new variant that works in hours, not days. They can frick right off with this scare tactic horseshite.
This post was edited on 7/6/21 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Just 2 weeks. We promise this time!
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:47 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:You frick around and find out.
Only 29.3% of residents in one of Springfield’s neighboring counties have had their first round of vaccinations,
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:47 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
We’re going to work our way through the Greek alphabet with variants at this point.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:48 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Scaring people is bad.
Scaring people is how the media and politicians get what they want.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:49 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Biden’s America
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:52 pm to cable
Hat tip to WPBTiger for this.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Never would have happened under trump!
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This winter is going to be really annoying once flu season kicks in.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:57 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I think it has more to do with the shootings than covid.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:57 pm to GetCocky11
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This winter is going to be really annoying once flu season kicks in.
I think you mean Covid season.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:58 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
If this is true, which I really friggin doubt, then give it it to the people who need a vent but are most likely to survive and roll the dice on the rest.
I don’t care if people don’t get the vaccine but I also don’t care if those people get really sick. It’s the choice they made. So do what you can to treat them, but whatever.
But still, this is a made up scare tactic
I don’t care if people don’t get the vaccine but I also don’t care if those people get really sick. It’s the choice they made. So do what you can to treat them, but whatever.
But still, this is a made up scare tactic
Posted on 7/6/21 at 5:58 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I stumbled over a couple of stacked bodies just today. ??
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Maybe Cornpop will get the delta variant, then we’ll see just how bad he is today.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 6:03 pm to Telecaster
Because of this thread I just looked at La last update…2k new cases out of 28k test, 7.1%. Long weekend because of the fourth
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