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Well, I Guess The Covid's Going Away Here...
Not.
https://www.kmov.com/news/st-louis-hospitals-could-reach-crisis-mode-as-hospitalizations-continue-to-rise/article_2b14663c-14c7-11eb-bf80-4f414063b51b.html?fbclid=IwAR1PvIbOkkHYStsn41010AEPxqPpzobqzhRcxCIfDQfMjsIulXmcVemrc3M
St. Louis hospitals could reach 'crisis mode' as hospitalizations continue to rise
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- The head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, Dr. Alex Garza, said he received sobering news recently during a group phone call with the leaders of the area's major hospital groups.
"Every one of them said, 'We are very full. We're very concerned we're going to be getting up to capacity,'" said Garza.
The number of hospitalized patients in the St. Louis area with COVID-19 continues to rise. On July 1, the number of patients being treated at area hospitals was 137. By August 27, that number had risen to 267. On October 16, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations was at 296 and as of Wednesday, there were 337 patients being treated for the virus at local hospitals.
On Tuesday during a visit to Pacific, Missouri Governor Mike Parson appeared to downplay the increase in hospitalizations in the state.
"The hospitals are getting busy because it's the normal business they do, not necessarily COVID-19 so much," he said.
~snip
If the number of coronavirus patients continues to rise, he said, it risks leaving hospitals without room for emergency ICU patients from car accidents or patients who've had a heart attack.
"I'm afraid we're going to continue on that climb. And at some point it will reach a crisis mode," he said.
"Every one of them said, 'We are very full. We're very concerned we're going to be getting up to capacity,'" said Garza.
The number of hospitalized patients in the St. Louis area with COVID-19 continues to rise. On July 1, the number of patients being treated at area hospitals was 137. By August 27, that number had risen to 267. On October 16, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations was at 296 and as of Wednesday, there were 337 patients being treated for the virus at local hospitals.
On Tuesday during a visit to Pacific, Missouri Governor Mike Parson appeared to downplay the increase in hospitalizations in the state.
"The hospitals are getting busy because it's the normal business they do, not necessarily COVID-19 so much," he said.
~snip
If the number of coronavirus patients continues to rise, he said, it risks leaving hospitals without room for emergency ICU patients from car accidents or patients who've had a heart attack.
"I'm afraid we're going to continue on that climb. And at some point it will reach a crisis mode," he said.
~a little more at link
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Trump keeps saying “we’re rounding the corner”!
