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malaise

(268,998 posts)
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 12:13 PM Aug 2021

DeathSentence is breaking more records than the Olympic athletes

Covid third wave: Florida surpasses all-time record for hospital admissions
The number of Covid patients in Florida hospitals has risen to a new high, breaking records set during previous waves before vaccines were available.

US health officials say 11,515 Florida residents are currently in hospital. Many are younger and healthier than patients seen earlier in the pandemic.

On Saturday, Florida set a record for most new infections in a single day.

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis opposes efforts to make vaccines or masks mandatory.
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That is all.
Hospital CEOs are letting him have it. 99% of new Covid cases are unvaccinated and the people are way younger than the earlier patients.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58077209

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DeathSentence is breaking more records than the Olympic athletes (Original Post) malaise Aug 2021 OP
Don't count Texas out, we're in second place. marble falls Aug 2021 #1
Qpuke govs in a race to the bottom SheltieLover Aug 2021 #3
We have a state motto here, "Thank gawd for ________!" Fill in the blank with ... marble falls Aug 2021 #4
Lol SheltieLover Aug 2021 #5
Isn't that where a oligarch promised a phantom aluminum extrusion plant? marble falls Aug 2021 #6
Not sure, but I think that might have been KY SheltieLover Aug 2021 #7
I'm in Delray Beach. We have cancelled all upcoming plans involving restaurants and parties. Earth-shine Aug 2021 #2

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
4. We have a state motto here, "Thank gawd for ________!" Fill in the blank with ...
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 12:28 PM
Aug 2021

... Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma Florida, whenever we're number 2 or number 49 at something.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
5. Lol
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 12:36 PM
Aug 2021

Well, people generally, in TN aren't smart enough to realize how abysmal things are here.

After all, this is the state that overwhelmingly voted Blackburn into a US Senate seat, well after her Russian oligarch connections were well known, at least among those who read.

Earth-shine

(4,012 posts)
2. I'm in Delray Beach. We have cancelled all upcoming plans involving restaurants and parties.
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 12:20 PM
Aug 2021

The wife and I were expecting family from New York for a few days next week.

We're pleading with them to cancel.

Who is to blame for the continuance of the pandemic in Florida? I say DeSantis and unvaccinated/non-masked people.

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