This is how Covid kills as well

[exboyfil]

One of my daughter's best friend's dad just passed away from injuries he received in a fall from a ladder. It took 3 days to get him the right medical care because of the backlog of Covid cases.

My daughter is pretty broken up about it.

[Ocelot II]

1. It kills people who don't even have it.

It kills people who can't get medical care because the people who do have it are taking up all the hospital beds. And too many of those people got it because they wouldn't wear masks or get vaccinated. So who is the real killer?

[leftieNanner]

2. Our hospitals are completely swamped with Covidiots

The county is only 50% vaccinated. Between the MAGAs and the anti-vax hippies, we are in bad shape.

I was scheduled for surgery in early August but it was cancelled because it's considered "elective". My husband is supposed to get a hip replacement in October, but who knows if that will happen.

If you get in a car accident or have a heart attack or stroke, you are SOL.

Really pisses me off.

[malaise]

3. Our good friend's 30 year old daughter has breast cancer

but it is not considered an emergency so she cannot have surgery now - lots of folks without Covid are dying because of Covid

[Lars39]

4. Even Urgent Care here is swamped...

Tried going thru Dr’s office to get seen quicker, closest appointment was a week and a half with a walk-in clinic.

[Grammy23]

5. I have a friend who lives in NC. Her adult daughter was

Recently diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. One spot in her lower lung. She has been on a drug to shrink the tumor and then was supposed to have surgery to remove the remaining tumor. The tumor has shrunk, as they hoped. The surgery has not taken place because there is no space in the hospitals to get it done.

Imagine knowing you have a cancer that can’t be removed because there is no space for you to be admitted. As a cancer survivor myself, this is just appalling and unacceptable. There will be other horror stories like this to come out of the Covid crisis. 😔

[mopinko]

6. tell her to go to a blue state.

i have no doubt she could get care in chicago. we're doing pretty well.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. Exactly!

Tell her to go to a less fucked up state, where they actually have hospital beds and can treat people other than the unvaccinated assholes, who apparently get priority because they were/are assholes.

[IbogaProject]

20. and pay out of pocket for out of network treatment

Pay out of pocket for out of network treatment then. I hate this myopic country. Universal health, helps everyone, by lowering the demand for emergency services.

[wryter2000]

17. Please tell her to go to another state

Do a Go Fund Me if necessary.

[bluesbassman]

7. A close friend of mine died in December.

Had a heat attack on Christmas morning. They were at a vacation house about an hour and a half from Dallas and the regional hospital had no real cardiac unit. There were no beds available in Dallas or Ft. Worth due to the spike in Covid cases at the time, so he sat in that regional for three days until a cardiologist could get there. By that time it was too late for the procedure that could have saved him.

So no, he didn’t die from Covid, but he died because of Covid. A distinction without a difference as far as I’m concerned, and one of the reasons anti-vaxxers and mask deniers can all go to hell.

[wryter2000]

18. Can the family sue Greg Abbott?

They might find an attorney who would give it a try.

[bluesbassman]

21. Good question.

His wife was devastated and she’s not the litigious sort, but you’ve given me an idea!

Considering the specious way the Texas GOP crafted the abortion law and basically gave standing to everybody to sue individuals for having a medical procedure that in no way affects them, they’ve opened the door allowing even the remotest level of connection to be considered “standing”. Now, seeing as how this man was not only my friend, but was also a business partner (drummer in my band), I’d say I have way more standing to sue Abbott than some anonymous tipster does!

[SheltieLover]

9. Willfully ubvaxed should not be allowed to break healthcare system

Hugs to your daughter & her friend. 💗💗💗

[Mariana]

11. My mother can't get pain relieving surgery because of them.

It's not endangering her life, fortunately, but she's been in debilitating pain for months. Simple outpatient surgery will solve the problem completely, the neurosurgeon says, but she can't get it done. This is in Florida, so there's no end in sight.

[Rebl2]

12. We have

had a couple of stories in our local news recently where someone has died because no room at hospitals because they are overwhelmed with Covid patients and have no room for non Covid patients.
Need to set up MASH units to treat unvaccinated Covid patients. Bring in military reserves to treat them in tents somewhere-maybe military bases. I am DONE with these people who won’t get vaccinated.

[calimary]

14. You're not the only one, Rebl2.

I think if you didn’t get vaccinated and got COVID, you should go to some tented “MASH”-type unit. Leave those precious hospital beds for the deserving.

[IronLionZion]

15. They keep saying the US doesn't ration health care

when we can all see that's a blatant lie. People shouldn't have to die preventable deaths simply from waiting for a hospital spot to open up. The system is failing.

[irisblue]

23. Right Wingers, trumpers, MAGAs and Covidiots got the death panels by their own work

[IronLionZion]

24. Yet they call themselves "pro-life" nt

[Rebl2]

25. They say

they are pro life, but we all know they lie about everything including being pro life!

[Farmer-Rick]

16. Wow, remember when we all were wearing masks and locking down

to flatten the curve?

Look at those curves now.....they look more like ocean waves during a Tsunami.

[IronLionZion]

26. 2 years into 2 weeks to flatten the curve

[nitpicker]

19. True story about a relative in northern VA in February

Tripped and broke her leg.

The ambulance finally arrived and took her to the hospital.

When I caught up, I had to wait outside until they finally put her into an ER "room".

There were only a few gurneys in the hallways then, but an hour-plus later the ER hallways were packed.

The hospital had to call in someone affiliated with the hospital to operate the next day.

[IbogaProject]

22. We should have put microchips or tags in the vaccines.

I guess we should have put microchips or tags in the vaccines. How can we sort out vaxed and or reasonably exempt from the unvaxed but healthy enough to get the shot but refused?