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ItsjustMe

(11,227 posts)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 06:25 PM Aug 2021

Purple Heart recipient dies of treatable illness waiting for ICU bed (CNN)

Daniel Wilkinson, a US Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient, died from a treatable illness after being unable to find an ICU bed in 5 different states, his mother tells CNN's Brianna Keilar.

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Purple Heart recipient dies of treatable illness waiting for ICU bed (CNN) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Aug 2021 OP
This is messed up. FUBAR IronLionZion Aug 2021 #1
Situations like this are going to get worse KS Toronado Aug 2021 #2

KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)
2. Situations like this are going to get worse
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 09:18 PM
Aug 2021

It's time hospitals started some type of procedure (lottery?) to kick unvaccinated covid patients out when
they need a bed for someone who didn't deliberately invite a medical condition upon themselves. I have
no more shits to give for people who refuse the vaccine for political reasons and expect to keep a hospital
bed over someone who was obeying traffic laws and was hit by a drunk driver.

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