Gulf States Hospitals On Verge Of Collapse

[WHITT]

Tom Bossert, a former White House homeland security adviser and an ABC News contributor, painted a somber picture of the COVID-19 crisis unfolding, saying, "It's too late for any meaningful mitigation" in Gulf states. Bossert warned that hospital systems in hard-hit states could be overwhelmed within a few days as the delta variant spreads further.

"If this pace continues for the next four or five days, which it seems it will, the hospital systems in Florida and Louisiana will collapse. That's how bad this is. By 'collapse,' I mean they will be full, their ICUs and their hospitals, they will be turning away patients".

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/covid-delta-variant/?id=79213051

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If Florida hospitals start closing their doors, Ronnie is toast.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Don't Be So Sure

There's this other Dipshit who still won FL last November, even though he killed Hundreds Of Thousands.

[LonePirate]

2. Still 15 months until the November 2022 elections. People can forget between now and then.

[berni_mccoy]

23. People who lost loved ones won't forget that soon

[TheBlackAdder]

3. What did these assholes say when NY & NJ hospitals filled early last year, it was a hoax?

.

Sounds like a deep state plan to make GOP governors look bad.



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[stillcool]

7. and that sounds perfectly legit...

oy.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Toast? You are seriously underestimating the grip of the fantasy-universe a great many people live

in these days.

If the hospitals close it will be a full-court press from every RW news outlet to say this is all Democrats and Biden's fault.

And it will convince plenty of (stupid) people.

[Mr.Bill]

16. I'm seeing people on wingnut websites

saying the hospitals are full of people dying from the vaccine.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. You know what I'm talking about (nt)

[berni_mccoy]

25. They live in fantasy until they lose a loved one.

As Obama says, reality has a way of smacking you in the face.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Not always. People are screaming at MD's & Nurses that it's a scam while being intubated

THEY DON'T HAVE COVID! IT'S NOT REAL!

[live love laugh]

38. +1

[Lovie777]

5. Ronnie's main concern is that school children don't have to be bullied into wearing mask . . .

so instead of help for the medical facilities he'll give out vouchers for parents to send them to private schools.

[DURHAM D]

6. Does Cuba have space? nt

[bluecollar2]

8. Life's a bitch...n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

9. The next question: When will they start needing refrigerated trailers to store the dead bodies?

[dianaredwing]

27. I was here for Katrina

Send them in now. It's hot. No where to store anything, let alone our dearly beloved.

At least the Jazz funeral musicians will still have work.

Sorry to be so negative, but our governor, who is a Democrat, has tried his best to deal with the covidiots and I really am completely out of f...s to give.

On a positive note, in my little blue bubble in Orleans Parish, even the kids usually mask. Walmart requires masks. I see no Trump flags, nazi flags or any RWNJ crap. We're in the minority, but I think we'll survive.

[Igel]

10. Texas Medical Center has 1330 ICU beds in their "phase I.'

They currently have 1425 ICU beds occupied. They're working off "phase II" capacity, with phase III available (by converting regular beds to ICU, but that runs the risk of staff shortfalls).

Thing is, of those 1425 ICU beds occupied 384 are for COVID patients. https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/overview-of-tmc-icu-bed-capacity-and-occupancy/

TMC is the medical mega-complex S of downtown Houston.

[roamer65]

11. Simple question solves the problem.

“Are you vaccinated and if so, show us the documentation and if not show us the medical reason for not being vaccinated.”

Simple triage.

Send the willfully unvaccinated and infected people out to the FEMA holding area for bussing to field hospitals.

There they will get water, food and a cot.

[DAMANgoldberg]

14. It may very well come to that...

I can honestly see this happening if the S__t really hits the fan.

[thucythucy]

24. No, what will happen first is that they'll demand blue states take in their sick

and then bitch and whine about "socialism" and the "Democrat hellholes" that will try to save their deluded lives.

Sorry to be so cynical or cold hearted, but that's the future I foresee.

[DAMANgoldberg]

28. That's true. But they will complain no matter what, that's what they do...

remember BITD when the Repubs were talking about Death Panels, especially a certain Alaskan politician. What I was referring to can best be described in this tweet I found.

Link to tweet

[roamer65]

31. This is a war.

She did what is done in field hospitals during war.

She should not grieve or feel guilty over it.

It is what it is.

[DAMANgoldberg]

35. You and I agree...

What needs to happen is that more of the general public thinks of this that way, sees it that way, and acts accordingly.

[roamer65]

36. +1000000000000000

[malaise]

12. And the hurricanes haven't started yet

I just feel sorry for all the good people who live in these states

[nolabear]

17. I've got so much family there.

Some could easily need medical attention before it’s remotely possible to get it. I don’t know how they feel but I’m worried.

[wnylib]

21. Yup. I have relatives in Florida,

Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. All transplanted northerners. Glad now that I resisted their invitations to join them. I am concerned for them and helpless to do anything about it.

[Kaleva]

40. Especailly when the effects of climate change are predicted to be devasting in those areas

Hurricanes, flooding (coastal and inland) tornadoes and extreme wet bulb temperatures.

"“When wet-bulb temperatures are extremely high, there is so much moisture in the air that sweating becomes ineffective at removing the body’s excess heat, like what happens in a steam room,” said Colin Raymond, the study’s lead author who conducted work at Columbia University and is now a postdoctoral scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “At some point, perhaps after six or more hours, this will lead to organ failure and death in the absence of access to artificial cooling.” "

https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2621/Dangerous-humid-heat-extremes-occurring-decades-before-expected

It was wise for you to resist moving there.

[duhneece]

26. My husband's family are in Coushatta and Shreveport

His 74 year old twin was paralyzed from the waist down at 32. He’s vaccinated but with the Lamda (so?) variant in northern Louisiana, my husband is scared for him… and the great-grandson newborn in Shreveport; not sure if either parents or grandparents (including husband’s daughter) are vaccinated. They are all Republicans

[malaise]

32. They don't need this

Damn

[malaise]

33. You should be worried

I have family in Miami - sis and her husband have medical issues

[malaise]

34. You should be worried

I have family in Miami - sis and her husband have medical issues

[dianaredwing]

29. Absolutely

Add just a Cat 3 to the current chaos and it will make the Keystone Kops look reasonable.

[Grammy23]

13. One of the local hospitals in Pensacola announced that Covid vaccination will be required of

all employees, staff and volunteers. Almost immediately, a protest was organized and they were out in front of the hospital picketing. They have FREE-Dumbs. They have choices. I guess the hospital does, too. Maybe they didn’t think of that.

I do not want the staff that is taking care of me to put me at risk from Covid. Not any more than can be helped. I realize there are breakthrough cases of vaccinated people but UNvaccinated people are a much bigger risk of exposing me to Covid.

Our numbers are going up daily here in NW Florida. I dread the day when there is no more room for anyone.

[csziggy]

15. Last week doctors were already warning that "elective" surgeries will be postponed

Here in Tallahassee.

I need to get an operation - sort of elective since it is not yet an emergency - and have been getting tests to make sure my heart will be OK. The stress test, last of those, will be Monday. I was hoping to get clearance then.

Now, even if I do get clearance, the operation may be put off months - which could lead to complications.

I'm pissed that our idiot governor has put our state in this situation and that he has encouraged the TFG cult members to screw over our systems. I hope this tanks all his chances at higher elective office forever.

[Hekate]

22. Schedule the surgery as soon as you can; I was glad I did last February. I was one of the last...

… elective surgeries at my local hospital before they shut down for COVID in Feb 2020. The rehab was as advertised (rugged) but my quality of life is far better. This past year I’ve been reading that docs have been concerned that people are putting off routine tests (ie mammograms) and things like having that funny lump checked.

[csziggy]

37. It's too late - last week they were already postponing surgeries

Except for emergencies.

Mines a midline hernia - it blew out at the incision point where they took out my kidney almost four years ago. The surgeon said it is not an emergency but with time could get there so he wants to do it as soon as possible. But since they replaced a heart valve just before removing the kidney, he wanted me to be sure my heart was up to full anesthesia yet again.

Yeah, I got my colonoscopy just before everything shut down - was supposed to get hemorrhoids done a couple of weeks later but that only got done three weeks ago. In fact, in the last month, I have caught up on my dental stuff, eye checkup, had the foot I broke last November checked out (it still hurts but it's healed and will probably always hurt), and set up for my annual checkup with my family practice doctor. I should get a mammogram but I just had one two years ago and hate the whole thing. Since I know exactly where my lumps of scar tissue are and find no changes, I am sort of done with mammograms.

[Hekate]

39. Do the best you can & take care. Fingers crossed for you ...

[roamer65]

18. Willfully unvaccinated infectees...

DO NOT COME NORTH.

You are NOT welcome here.

[SarcasticSatyr]

20. I've been saying on other threads that it's a lot worse than they're reporting ...

the hospital in my county is rated for 130 beds, 86 of them are now filled with covid patients.

[roamer65]

30. ...

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/hospitals-overwhelmed-predictions-staffing-shortages-79333960