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Something Really Strange Is Happening At Hospitals All Over America
2021-11-04
Any chance hospital emergency rooms would not be overflowing if the hospitals had enough staff?
[ZeroHedge] In a year that has been filled with so many mysteries already, I have another very odd one to share with you. Emergency rooms are filled to overflowing all over America, and nobody can seem to explain why this is happening. Right now, the number of new COVID cases in the United States each day is less than half of what it was just a couple of months ago. That is really good news, and many believe that this is a sign that the pandemic is fading. Let us hope that is true. With less people catching the virus, you would think that would mean that our emergency rooms should be emptying out, but the opposite is actually happening. All across the country, emergency rooms are absolutely packed, and in many cases we are seeing seriously ill patients being cared for in the hallways because all of the ER rooms are already full.
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR INDIGENT PEOPLE
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If the number of COVID cases was starting to spike again, it would make sense for emergency rooms to be overflowing. But at this particular hospital in Michigan, we are being told that some of the main things that are being treated include "abdominal pain", "respiratory problems", "blood clots" and "heart conditions"...
Posted by:Angstrom

#24  Ah,

being treated include "abdominal pain", "respiratory problems", "blood clots" and "heart conditions".

Vaccine reactions...
Posted by: Woodrow   2021-11-04 22:47  

#23  The hospitals in Australia are being overrun. Not from Covid. And no one can explain why.
Alex Berenson 2 hr ago

So said Mark McGowan, the premier of Western Australia - which has almost 3 million people - in an interview with Sky News Australia on Sun., Oct. 31.

Here’s his exact quotation:

Our hospitals are under enormous pressure. This is the same in [the rest of Australia]. This has been something no one has ever seen before, the growth in demand in our hospitals, why it is is hard, hard to know… There is huge numbers of people coming through the door, so we’re doing everything we can to try to manage it.

To be clear, Covid is not causing the hospital crisis in Western Australia. The state has incredibly strict border restrictions, even by Australian standards, and almost no cases.

But - like the rest of Australia - it has very high vaccination rates.

It’s past time to start asking what is going on.

You can see McGowan’s comments for yourself here:

twitter.com/justsee/status/1456215828345475081

https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F117f82c3-6073-44c7-b895-88ac6ac53d51_750x1334.png



Posted by: Solomon and Company3268   2021-11-04 16:03  

#22  Welfare folks around here do too, Abu.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-11-04 13:02  

#21  Where I live, the ER is overcrowded because illegal aliens treat it as their primary care physician.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-11-04 12:40  

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Posted by: Angusons Wholuter8419   2021-11-04 12:25  

#19  ^
Posted by: Frank G   2021-11-04 12:17  

#18  Italy’s suspected covid death tally corrected from 132,161 to 3,783
Posted by: Angstrom   2021-11-04 11:50  

#17  One large hospital close to me downsized over the summer, decreasing its bed capacity by 20%.

Liberals have a hard on for becoming "more efficient" by eliminating "excess capacity."
I noticed this in Minnesota during the COVID shutdown. Even though they were screaming about the number of cases, they were reducing the number of ICU beds statewide. The cutbacks were especially severe in rural (i.e. Republican) areas.
Posted by: Whaviling Bourbon9537   2021-11-04 10:34  

#16  Counterpoint from Sharyl Aug/21
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-04 10:13  

#15  CDC reporting from May/21
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-04 10:10  

#14  Is this a good source? We on the anti COVID vax side have been predicting this. Heart conditions, blood clots and lung issues are a side effect of the shot. It would be interesting to see the stats on this.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2021-11-04 09:44  

#13  The only time in my life I didn't have to wait a long time at the ER was after being stabbed in the neck. So it don't sound new to me.
Posted by: Chris   2021-11-04 09:14  

#12  Not just here.

Number of patients waiting in the back of ambulances outside crowded A&E units for an hour has QUADRUPLED in a year, leaked NHS data shows
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-04 08:47  

#11  ^^^That's what we're seeing around here, too. Pretty much no waiting times (unless, you know, the staff is on break or something) during the week. Weekends are a bit busier.

Thank you, Sgt. Mom.

Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-11-04 08:13  

#10  Took my wife to an 'Urgent Care' strip mall clinic for cough and breathing issues. Wanted a Covid test.
Got through the crowd, was told to come back for an appointment in two hours.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-04 08:10  

#9  Huh ... I had the chance to visit the emergency room at Brooke Army Medical Center twice in mid-September, once to bring in my daughter, and several days later for myself. We were both diagnosed with the dread Covid (are fully recovered now, thanks!) and both times, the waiting area was practically empty. We were seen within ten minutes of walking in.
Posted by: Celia Hayes   2021-11-04 07:37  

#8  2.1 million illegals PLUS 55,000 unvetted Afghan Muslims... people for whom marriage to near-relations aka cousins is standard, with child rape is a feature, not a bug(gery)

All thanks to Magoo the demented perv and his Lil' Bolshevik cadres.

Nope, ain't seen nothin yet, fellow Peasants
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-04 06:43  

#7  You haven’t seen anything yet. As the not a vaccine begins to do its damage, the situation will get dramatically worse.
Posted by: Tyranysaurus Jones4656   2021-11-04 06:02  

#6  

Besides the possible (likely) VAX related issues.

Remember since the Socialcrat Junta took control in Jan. 21, they have welcomed about 2.1 MILLION more Illegals into the USA. Which are also using our ER's and hospitals.

How is that possible?
They are Illegally here and without Health Ins.?

Remember back under the 1990's Hillary☺ Clinton Admin the Democrats passed a Mandatory Emergency Medical Care Law.

So now all ER's have become free doctors offices for Illegals.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-11-04 05:54  

#5  "obstreperous" Good one there. Hard to use at times. Well at our area hospital long waits. Many leave and travel to another hospital 20 miles away in a different state and receive in and out treatment very efficiently. Now we are in flu season the fun has just begun. liberal states vs red states I can see a difference as if orchestrated.
Posted by: Dale   2021-11-04 04:07  

#4  Worldometers "Serious/Critical" has fallen every day since early August. What do you think?
Posted by: Bobby   2021-11-04 04:03  

#3  One large hospital close to me downsized over the summer, decreasing its bed capacity by 20%. A few months later the local paper mentioned it was having problems with its ER filled to overflowing and EMS having to wait many hours simply to transfer their patients into a hospital gurney. The local paper did not mention the drastic decrease in bed capacity at this particular hospital a few months earlier...
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-11-04 02:37  

#2  Silence, Peasant!
You are most obstreperous
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-04 01:27  

#1  At least in my area, the unsaid fact is that enough nursing staff have walked off the job due to vaccine dictates that entire floors and wards are shut down. You will not read this in the MSM, of course.
Posted by: Nero   2021-11-04 00:21  

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