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In reply to the discussion: As feared... bed shortage at hospital [View all]MissMillie
(39,652 posts)12. Vaxxed people are not ending up in the hospital
OVERWHELMINGLY.
I live in a state w/ a high vaccination rate... EXCEPT for in the area in which I live.
In case you can't tell, the news of this postponement has me pretty agitated.
I'd appreciate it if you could please leave me a lone for a while.
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The vaccines are highly effective at keeping people out of the hospital (n/t)
MissMillie
May 2022
#7
Im not going anywhere, Im not even slightly bothered by the debate - its healthy.
Blues Heron
May 2022
#26
its a discussion board - we discuss things. If you post about Covid, expect a debate, period.
Blues Heron
May 2022
#46
I think the point is vaccinated people are spreading it, not taking up hospital beds by not masking
JanMichael
May 2022
#33
It's actually both spreading to vulnerable individuals AND taking up hospital beds themselves.
Ms. Toad
May 2022
#59
Actually at our NM hospitals most beds are filled by heart attacks, strokes
womanofthehills
May 2022
#57
You really need a link? Who do you think is spreading the disease? The vaxed are.
Blues Heron
May 2022
#17
you think the hundred thousand people that are geting it every single day are all unvaxxed?
Blues Heron
May 2022
#25
Right but in Minnesota the vaxed and unvaxed are equally likely to get it (from the post citing mpr
Blues Heron
May 2022
#63
Links - very few Covid beds in 2 major hospitals in Albuquerque - lots in emergency room visits
womanofthehills
May 2022
#69
but there are a lot more of the vaxxed and they have thrown care to the wind these days
Blues Heron
May 2022
#44
The risk ratios of hospitalizations and deaths, unvaxxed compared to vaxxed in Minnesota
progree
May 2022
#51
Yup. I put a little "Edited to Add" that you might not have seen becuz I put it in
progree
May 2022
#53
I've heard nimrods say smugly, "You can smell a fart through a mask, so they don't work."
rsdsharp
May 2022
#11
Yes - the numbers tell the tale - we are up over one hundred thousand cases a day
Blues Heron
May 2022
#34
"bro" -- another figure of speech? since i am neither *your* "bro" or *a* "bro"
orleans
May 2022
#72