Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases

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Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to the Rocky Mountain West reel under the surge.

The impact is being felt in every section of the country — a lockdown starting Friday at the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s reservation in South Dakota, a plea by a Florida health official for a halt to children’s birthday parties, dire warnings from Utah’s governor, and an increasingly desperate situation at a hospital in northern Idaho, which is running out of space for patients and considering airlifts to Seattle or Portland, Oregon.

“We’ve essentially shut down an entire floor of our hospital. We’ve had to double rooms. We’ve bought more hospital beds,” said Dr. Robert Scoggins, a pulmonologist at the Kootenai Health hospital in Coeur d’Alene. “Our hospital is not built for a pandemic.”

In the southern Idaho city of Twin Falls, St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center said it would no longer accept children because it is overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. Except for newborns, all under age 18 will be sent 128 miles (206 kilometers) away in Boise.
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Thank GOD we are "turning the corner" and the "end is near"....

Could you freaking imagine what this would look like if we weren't turning the corner, if the end wasn't near and if Trump's response hadn't been so god damned perfect?!?!?

People would actually be flooding hospitals and actually dying...oh wait...
 
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gunsmoke said:
Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases


Thank GOD we are "turning the corner" and the "end is near"....

Could you freaking imagine what this would look like if we weren't turning the corner, if the end wasn't near and if Trump's response hadn't been so god damned perfect?!?!?

People would actually be flooding hospitals and actually dying...oh wait...
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