'It just went boom': Florida ICU's swamped with younger COVID victims

[JoanofArgh]

As the Herald report notes, the new flood of victims flooding in are even sicker than before -- and also younger.

Pointing out that every bed in Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital is filled at the moment, the report notes that every patient was unvaccinated and now suffering the devastating effect of COVID-19.


"The youngest patient, a 27-year-old woman on a ventilator, had to be resuscitated with a bag valve mask after her blood oxygen saturation levels crashed. The oldest, a 71-year-old man, has been in the ICU for two weeks. He has been in a coma for three days. When he awakens, if he awakens, he will be a widower. The man's wife, also hospitalized with COVID-19, died two days earlier," the report states. "Many healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial thought the end of the pandemic was in sight, largely due to the effectiveness of the vaccines. Then the delta variant took hold, particularly in areas with low vaccination rates, and cases are surging again, only at a faster clip."

According to Alix Zacharski, manager of the medical intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial, the critically-ill patients they are seeing are way younger -- and way sicker -- than they were during the first wave of COVID victims. "Unlike last year, we're getting a very young population, which is extremely concerning because this time we're now getting young people without pre-existing conditions," Zacharski admitted. "So that's scarier."

https://www.rawstory.com/florida-desantis/

I had to use Raw Story as a source because this Miami Herald article is subscriber only.


Florida breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations day after it recorded most new coronavirus cases
The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

https://abc7.com/health/florida-breaks-record-for-covid-19-hospitalizations/10923348/

[roamer65]

1. If a child needs the ventilator, pull it from the 71 year old.

Children first.

The 27 yr old and 71 yr old are unvaxxed.

[Nay]

11. Def needs to be triage, putting very sick children who cannot be vaxxed yet, ahead

of unvaxxed idiots.

[roamer65]

15. +1000

[Lucky Luciano]

16. 100% - unvaccinated go to the back of the line...

…and if the doctors prefer to go home because they need to rest, they can try to come in the next day. Sorry not sorry. Assholes.

[AlexSFCA]

20. I wish we could just do that - unvaccinated go to the end of the line

maybe that would motivate idiots. Only adults who refuse to be vaccinated are no longer simply idiots, they are accessory to manslaughter. Adults who refuse to vaccinate their kids 12 and older are committing intentional child endangerment.

[sakabatou]

2. And DeSatan continues to not give a shit.

[LisaL]

9. He is actually actively preventing covid precautions measures.

NT

[sakabatou]

10. I know. He still doesn't give a shit how many people get ill or die.

[Tribetime]

17. Yes he wants to see his kids smiles..no masks

Evil asshole

[lagomorph777]

32. He wants to see thousands of kids in oxygen masks and coffins.

No smiling there.

[Blues Heron]

3. They're full now with more on the way

Party on dudes

[Tomconroy]

4. The older you are, the more likely to be vaxed you are.

[mnhtnbb]

12. That is true here in NC.

Our vaccination rate for >65 is 84%. Total adult vaccination rate is at 57%, and only at 61% for 1 shot.

[Tomconroy]

14. There is an article in the NYT up tonight.

Teenagers are only 40 percent vaxed.

[Nay]

18. I'm assuming that those from age 14 to 17 have o have a parent with them. If their parents

are anti-vaxxers -- well, those poor kids.

[live love laugh]

5. You spelled it wrong it's FloriDUMB. nt

[JoanofArgh]

6. Lol, my apologies. I'll remember next time.

[aggiesal]

22. We used Floriduh! n/t

[GulfCoast66]

25. Florida is actually one of the better vaccinated states. Pushing 60% with one dose.

Way better than any other southern state except Virginia. And culturally they are becoming less and less Southern. Actually better than Michigan.

Half of Florida is not really Southern, especially Miami.

But there are a lot of us.

And most problematic, our state leaders, with the exception of the Democratic Secretary of Agriculture are acting like the pandemic is over.

Personally I think is going to bite them in the ass. I know over 5 trump voters who have it and one spent a week in ICU. As the article stated, none of them vaccinated. Looks like they will all live. But when the one who spent time in the ICU gets his bill his world is going to get rocked. And One of the others seems to have long haul symptoms even 2 weeks after getting it. She test negative but is still having problems.

In the households I’m talking about only one person did not catch Covid. Guess who is the only one vaccinated? Bingo. He is pissed his household refused the vaccine.

[JoanofArgh]

27. NC is pushing 60% with 2 doses. One dose

with Delta is probably pretty much worthless.

[GulfCoast66]

30. I would not say worthless. Better than no antibodies.

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The vaccines protect against death by Delta as well as Alpha. But Delta is way more transmissible so more people, vaccinated or not are becoming exposed. The difference is unvaccinated are dying wholesale. Or at least going to the hospital.

[JoanofArgh]

34. You're right . It provides some protection and with DeSatan as Governor it's a very

good thing that Florida doesn't have the vaccination rates of Alabama or Mississippi. NC has a Dem Governor who's worked hard trying to get people vaccinated including offering a million dollar lottery. Florida's vax rates would probably be better than ours without DeSantis at the helm.

[GulfCoast66]

37. Vaccination rates are going up quickly.

And unlike a month ago where I shop most people are masked.

I think some of the resistant to the vaccine have stated realizing we are laughing at them. Well, not laughing but you see my point.

They are now the butt of dark humor jokes. Plus everyone now knows someone in the hospital. Last year it was mainly old folks. Now it middle age people.

[lagomorph777]

33. Virginia is seceding to the North.

[PCIntern]

7. Oh my goodness...lookit that:

My hemorrhoids are bleeding…

“Hard to believe, Harry” (for you baseball folks): Hall of gamer and broadcaster Richie Ashburn to broadcaster Harry Kalas innumerable times during a Phillies Game over the decades.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Could this be? It... Is... Outta... Here!

[Evolve Dammit]

8. US is ignoring rational science and public health measures. Half the country simply does not care.

[Duppers]

29. And THAT is most of the problem.

RW media propagating lies needs be sued into oblivion!!

It's a miscarriage of justice that Fux is considered "entertainment" and therefore cannot be sued for their lies. It's truly sad that people want to listen to their crap.

[Evolve Dammit]

38. Truly

[dutch777]

13. A trip to FL, no thanx....MO...nope....AK, not on your life

Sadly we are moving left coast to right coast in early October and will have to travel by car through the unvaxxed zones somewhere. No reason this country should be in this position at this point.

[Tree Lady]

21. My neighbor left two weeks ago with his 5th wheel

For Florida, the keys. They are both mid 40's teachers vaccinated took 12 yr old son.

I noticed he changed after covid started and both him and wife had to teach at home and help their 3 kids, the older daughter left for college and soon to be senior stayed home to work.

They had a long time of hybrid classes of kids both home and at school then was forced to do summer school because kids were behind.

He did it but he is rougher now, not as friendly and there is a edge to him.

Makes you wonder how many teachers are going to be like that this fall. When he didn't cancel trip to Florida I could tell his attitude was fuck it.

[dutch777]

26. It's been a long road and I hope they are safe and have a good time

I'd just be real nervous of anyone not masked and anything resembling crowds. Teachers have had it rough as it wasn't a methodology they were ready for (remote learning) and there was huge pressure to get the kids to still succeed which just was not going to happen for many. My neice and her husband both teach high school in an inner city and they said without the proper tools and preparation it was a just a joke despite their best efforts. And the kids were on zoom classes on one monitor and playing games on the second monitor. And the administration was just hammering them to get good results. I suggested the kids should just get a Do Over and restart this fall where they were in fall of 2019 or early 2020 but no one wants to hear that as it means more $$$. Plus the colleges are terrified they would lose a whole year + waiting for a graduating class.

[MissB]

36. AR?

AK is Alaska

[Hortensis]

23. This is a dreadful game changer. For over a year

younger people thought they needn't fear it for themselves and their friends, because that was mostly true.

Some parents we know will get their youngest child, not yet 12, vaccinated this week by claiming he's 13. The fear has begun. His older siblings are already vaccinated.

[MissB]

35. I think I'd be awfully tempted

My kids are adults and both fully vaccinated but if my kid was on the border of the age range, I’d probably consider it.

[ancianita]

24. Here's the current projection for Florida with and without masks. It's gonna get bad.

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/florida?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend

[LisaL]

28. They are definitely not going to have a mask mandate thanks to their governor.

NT

[ancianita]

31. Nope, and the no-mask projection is the worst.