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magicguido

(6,315 posts) Mon Aug 30, 2021, 09:59 AM Aug 2021

Vet Dies of Treatable illness on account of No ICU Space because of anti vaxxers getting sick

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/08/30/daniel-wilkinson-us-army-veteran-dies-treatable-illness-icu-texas-keilar-newday-ldn-vpx.cnn

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Vet Dies of Treatable illness on account of No ICU Space because of anti vaxxers getting sick (Original Post) magicguido Aug 2021 OP

He died of gallstones? Botany Aug 2021 #1

Limit icu beds and save beds for other illnesses... Omnipresent Aug 2021 #2

Purple Heart Vet! Native Aug 2021 #3

To be exact, it wasn't bed availability, it was lack of staff. Native Aug 2021 #4

Botany

(70,501 posts)

1. He died of gallstones?

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 10:08 AM

Aug 2021

Time to start kicking out anybody who refused the vaccine and now have C-19 from the ICUs.

Omnipresent

(5,707 posts)

2. Limit icu beds and save beds for other illnesses...

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 10:11 AM

Aug 2021

So when those beds are used up, the usual unvaccinated assholes that show up for care can be told, “All lives matter”. Then tell them, they have the freedom to go home.

Native

(5,942 posts)

3. Purple Heart Vet!

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 10:49 AM

Aug 2021

Native

(5,942 posts)

4. To be exact, it wasn't bed availability, it was lack of staff.

Reply to magicguido (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 10:51 AM

Aug 2021

And all because of asshole anti-vaxxers. Fuck them.

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