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, Texas—Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday asked hospitals to delay elective medical procedures, as rising Covid-19 cases bring hospitals in many parts of the nation’s 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 city’s 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 haven’t 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...
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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. 
