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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHospitals aren't full because of the virus
Anti-vax and anti-mask loyalty, in the middle of a pandemic, to people who have the vaccine, is the definition of a cult.
The cult lives on suffering, even if it is their own suffering. Which makes Abbott and DeathSentence cult leaders.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)hibbing
(10,110 posts)RockRaven
(15,024 posts)are ignoring, or missing, the point. The vaccines save your life. The vaccines keep you from needing hospitalization. The vaccines make you much, much less sick when you do get infected, and EVERYONE will be exposed/infected in the long run. The only choice facing you is to minimize your chance of dying, or nah.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,666 posts)ShazzieB
(16,554 posts)IronLionZion
(45,559 posts)it's because of BLM protests, or undocumented immigrants, or H1bs stealing our jobs, or socialism, or something like that. It's all detailed in Hillary's emails from Benghazi.
Upthevibe
(8,080 posts)Pluvious
(4,326 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)I don't tweet. I Tumbl.
usaf-vet
(6,215 posts)Hospitals aren't full because the virus is here. Hospitals are full because the virus has access to a large pool of the unvaccinated.
SunSeeker
(51,744 posts)bringthePaine
(1,733 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,226 posts)Nevilledog
(51,219 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)and check in to the hospital. She had some blood work done because she was fatigued and losing a lot of weight and there was some problem with her blood work so we found out this morning that she had a large mass/tumor on her pancreas. My dad was there and my brother and his famiy had come down from Vermont to celebrate his b-day and tried to get her biopsied and a room in the ICU right away but they didn't have anything for her and the Dr. wouldn't have availability toward the end of next week.
My brother tried cancer hospitals in Albany and Syracuse and no luck there either because no availability. Luckily, my brother has connections at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington and was able to get her in there, so they flew back up today and hopefully we will hear something more before then end of this week. I feel lucky to have such a determined, resourceful brother, or I don't know what we would have done, since I am quarantined down in Boston, my other brother is away on a business trip and liveiss down near DC, and my sister was able to leave her family behind with her husband and drive to Burlington to be with them. Also, most people up there are vaccinated so their resources aren't as strained as they are in "red" upstate NY.
It just pisses me off beyond belief. How many other people are struggling to find beds for their loved ones tonight?
North Shore Chicago
(3,334 posts)Much hope and speedy prognosis and treatment for your family!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)and already had 3 procedures today. Just from that they were able to find out that it's not pancreatic cancer, but lymphoma. Which isn't great, but it's much better than pancreatic cancer which is quite deadly and moves very fast. Her chances are much better w/ lymphoma.
By tomorrow they should have a preliminary dx and then they send out for molecular/dna testing, and we should have the results of that in 72 hours. So glad we - and she - did not have to wait another week or more for this news as we would have if we had stayed in upstate NY!
Thanks again for your kind wishes!
North Shore Chicago
(3,334 posts)Keep your DU pals updated as much as you wish, we all are thinking about you and your family.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)If everyone was vaccinated there would be few people in the hospital. Thats the big difference with last years situation.
This was easily preventable
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)....you don't get to use them when you need their help.
Go die at home.
If you thought it was a hoax because Cheato said so, try his bleach injection and sunlamp suppository cure.
If you thought God would protect you, try going to church and see if you can get some miracle healing.
Evolve Dammit
(16,781 posts)leftstreet
(36,117 posts)The CDC lifted the mandate May 13
Vaccinations weren't available to all ages (minus kids) til April 19
They needed to reach a higher vax rate before revising the mask mandate
This is on them