Hospitals across US lack beds or equipment to treat COVID-19 patients

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More Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 than ever before.

As more than 73,000 people across the country are hospitalized for the virus, health care professionals are saying they've reached the brink, with no beds or equipment left to treat the overwhelming influx of patients.

Dr. Scott Michener, chief medical officer of Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma, said they've begun to repurpose equipment that isn't even inside the hospital.

"Last week we had a day when we had to pull a ventilator out of an ambulance and have someone on [a] transport ventilator," said Michener.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/hospitals-across-us-lack-beds-or-equipment-to-treat-covid-19-patients/ar-BB1b7ptn?li=BBnb7Kz

Meanwhile Moscow Mitch twiddles his thumbs.

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1. I don't get it.

Health care workers are not just democrats. These ignorant jerks who won't wear a mask & continue to have gatherings, have to have family or friends who work in the health care industry & are seeing the reality of this virus.

I can't imagine how bad the numbers are going to be after Thanksgiving.

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2. There are empty beds in Iowa but shortages of staff means the beds remain empty

They are at full capacity despite this.

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3. The need for nurses is hitting hard.

We only have eight covid patients, none on my floor, but one of our sister hospitals has 30 covid patients.