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SheltieLover

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7. Why isn't CDC ordering hospitals to send willfully unvaxed to field hospitals?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:45 PM

Sep 2021

The Army Corps of Engineers built out a 400 bed covid overflow hospital in Memphis last year.

I was stunned to read that the plan was to keep it open for either 2 or 4 yrs, sorry I can't recall.

BUTp, just as Delta took off, someone closed it! Who? Why? Dunno...

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The Daily Show: Why Nurses Have Been Hit the Hardest During the Pandemic [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 OP

TN has brought in Natl Guard to help with non nursing duties SheltieLover Sep 2021 #1

They've also brought them in to hard hit hospitals with staffing shortages Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #2

They sure are SheltieLover Sep 2021 #3

Well, like Trevor said, they don't need pizza, they need people to get vaccinated Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #4

Very true, but the burn out is immense! SheltieLover Sep 2021 #5

And it's not getting better. In many places it's getting worse Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #6

Why isn't CDC ordering hospitals to send willfully unvaxed to field hospitals? SheltieLover Sep 2021 #7

Don't know. The local paper reported 16 new cases in this small rural county, up to 216 active cases Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #8