Texas Hospitals Are Near Capacity As Covid-19 Surges Again
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Hospitalizations approach previous highs, but deaths, a lagging indicator, remain a fraction of those seen earlier this year.
AUSTIN, TexasTexas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday asked hospitals to delay elective medical procedures, as rising Covid-19 cases bring hospitals in many parts of the nations second-largest state to capacity.
In Austin, city and county officials used an emergency alert system over the weekend to text and call residents with the warning that the hospital situation is critical, as the number of available intensive care unit beds in a metro area of more than two million residents dwindled to single digits.
In Houston, hospitals are into surge capacity and local officials tracking the citys wastewater system are finding evidence of higher-than-ever levels of Covid-19. Hospitals have been trying to reduce nonessential treatments and procedures in recent weeks, as Covid-19 cases have rapidly risen, but havent eliminated them entirely, as they did during parts of 2020.
The upswing in Texas Covid-19 cases mirrors that of other nearby states as the Delta variant of the virus surges through southern states with relatively low vaccination rates...
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-hospitals-are-near-capacity-as-covid-19-surges-again-11628612261
Champp
(2,114 posts)Skittles
(153,426 posts)how to perform to their cult base's satisfaction without killing them
IronLionZion
(45,700 posts)fails hard when it comes to something that impacts each other. The dumbest part of this all, is that vaccinated liberals enjoy plenty of individual liberty and live relatively well in blue states without feeling like the jackbooted heel of socialism is stomping on us.
LisaL
(44,989 posts)What are they going to do with new covid patients?
https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/icu-beds-in-greater-houston-area/285-55d3100f-5a8e-4aac-abce-8065dbf60e84
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)IronLionZion
(45,700 posts)COVID is coming in hot
When the day is dawning
On a Texas Sunday Morning
How I long to be there
With Marie who's waiting for me there
Every lonely city
Where I hang my hat
Ain't as half as pretty
As where my baby's at
Is this the way to Amarillo?
Every night I've been hugging my pillow
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo
And sweet Marie who waits for me
Show me the way to Amarillo
I've been weeping like a willow
Crying over Amarillo
And sweet Marie who waits for me
PerceptionManagement
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