re: The untold human cost of COVID19

Thank you for what you are doing
My fiancé is on the front lines in the Atlanta area.
She says they have never been short on PPE and the hospital beds haven’t been full. She is in the ICU. Cardiovascular stuff is her specialty.
She says 9 out of 10 people she has seen on vents or die are morbidly obese and African American
She has seen many of her friends furloughed because the hospitals aren’t as busy.
She has never complained as she says this is what she has signed up for.
She tells me all the time that this isn’t TB or Ebola, which are the things she really fears.
Tells me to wash my hands, keep my distance from people.
Her opinion is that this is so overblown and that so many people on the frontline love attention of social media.
Just sharing what she thinks from the frontlines

Well just to set the record straight. I read today that AZ is around 80 to 90 percent full on ICU beds. Then, a couple hours ago, our governor (NM) announced Arizona is now bringing some of their covid patients to New Mexico for them to recover here. This is because they are almost full and apparently there is some law or regulation that requires neighboring states to help with patient load during when needed and possible. Now, the whole state is even more pissed at Arizona than they usually are. What's next, we gotta start wiping Texas' dirty arse next week too? Point is, Arizona is stating they are not full, close, but not full... And we are STILL alleviating their patient load throughout our entire state. And we are half their damn size!

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No this is literally what you signed up for. Did you not know new viruses can happen at anytime when you chose this field? Your complaint is as valid as people joining the military during wartime and complaining they get deployed

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He literally said in the OP that this is what he signed up for and that he loves using his skills to help. Even when people have careers and jobs that they signed up for and love, it doesn’t mean that they can’t get worn down and feel the need to vent a little.

Some of you are so wrapped up in COVID-19 politics and conspiracies that any discussion about COVID-19 is fake news.

...Another chopper incoming now

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They've been escalating as Arizona has reported more cases and deaths over the past few days.

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Ok. I will say this even though it’s not politically correct. I have 2 friends that work in health care industry in Arizona. Yes their beds are filling up and yes their deaths are rising.
However, from what they tell me it’s from the extremely unhealthy Navajo population out there, this is already extremely unhealthy.

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This is only happening because Governor Duncey of AZ won't grow some balls, stand up to his cult leader, and require Arizonans to wear masks.

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All of metro-Phoenix, Metro- Tucson and every other city/town in Arizona fighting the virus has a mask mandate. Ducey didn’t make it statewide because there are parts of the state that don’t need a mandate.

That we’ve had a mask mandate for several weeks now and it hasn’t had an impact on case counts suggests masks, as is consistent with the science on masks, don’t do much in stopping the spread of COVID.

You mentioned that masks work in New Mexico, but I thought NM has seen a doubling of confirmed cases in the last few weeks? Is that not true?

The Navajo nation stretches between AZ, UT, and NM. In March or April, in the beginning of the Wu Flu spread, the Navajo nation was struggling hard. Very true. They live in homes of 12 to 15 people stretching over four generations, perhaps five. Many of these homes have no running water and no electricity (the water in the area is too polluted from the uranium mines needed for WW2). So, they have no water, no power, and all live together. They were the problem at first. They were over half the cases in New Mexico everyday for weeks. The New Mexico side of the reservation was getting over 150 cases plus daily in the beginning. They did 57 hour weekend curfews and squashed it. Not anymore though. For the past 5 or 6 weeks they've only been getting 40-60 cases per day. They've almost completely put it down. No longer a hot spot.

Again, this is only the New Mexico side though. Which is like 1/4 to 1/3 of the rez.

P.S. If the federal government had kept their promise to clean up the old uranium mines the Navajo could have clean well water on the inherited rez they were forced to migrate to. But this prolly ain't the place for that converstaion.

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The military analogy is perfect

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Sure. Where is my GI bill and lifetime pension after 20 years?

Yeah, the counties close to Texas have been pulling ridiculous numbers. Like 8% to 20% plus positives daily. Those dairy cow counties are more Texan than New Mexican. We don't need a mask everywhere in New Mexico either obviously. Some guy on CNBC just said new research shows mask usage goes up 15 to 18 percent when the governor requires it. Why? Because people like and want to be good citizens. Everyone on this board prides themselves on that

Basically, SE New Mexico thinks and acts West Texan. Texas thinks they're too tough for the Wu Flu.

BTW, even though our Gov. required masks doesn't mean everyone has them on at all times. She's being reasonable about it. You can stand on the sidewalk without a mask on but when you hop on the bus you better mask up.

The Dog House. It's one of the places Jesse Pinkman and Walter White always meet up in Breaking Bad. haha