NE US: ER doc tells me he comes in for shift, 45 people waiting in ER, dozens taking up ER beds waiting to be admitted/go upstairs. He says they absolutely have the physical capacity upstairs, they just don't have the staff. Staffing levels still way down. Many nurses have had it. Treated like crap. And then there is the mandate issue. Scores have just quit. Same thing all across the region. Big RSV issue, with too many frightened mothers bringing kids in. Most will be fine. Little C19. Didn't mention flu but this was weeks ago. But he did mention massive mental health crisis. It's filling up ERs and hospital beds, and they have nowhere to release them to - mental health facilities really are over capacity. All of this, every single bit of it, was manufactured by the pandemic response.
Fantastic work as always. I had a lengthier comment written before my sun closed my browser, will add some more feedback tomorrow that builds on what you have found.
It does strike me how this type of story should be a leading article coming from the NYT, WaPo, etc. Especially with Michelle Goldberg opening her Munk debate claiming the MSN mostly got Covid right when debating Taibbi and Douglas Murray last week. Perfect example of how much they dropped the ball and continue to be lazy and incurious.
If you missed the debate, it's always incredible to see Douglas Murray at work:
The healthcare capacity fearmongering adds to the sense that we, the public, are being held hostage by public health and our multiple governments. The refusal to provide organ transplants for unvaccinated people is another part of it.
NE US: ER doc tells me he comes in for shift, 45 people waiting in ER, dozens taking up ER beds waiting to be admitted/go upstairs. He says they absolutely have the physical capacity upstairs, they just don't have the staff. Staffing levels still way down. Many nurses have had it. Treated like crap. And then there is the mandate issue. Scores have just quit. Same thing all across the region. Big RSV issue, with too many frightened mothers bringing kids in. Most will be fine. Little C19. Didn't mention flu but this was weeks ago. But he did mention massive mental health crisis. It's filling up ERs and hospital beds, and they have nowhere to release them to - mental health facilities really are over capacity. All of this, every single bit of it, was manufactured by the pandemic response.
Excellent. The fact that our children were forced to carry the burden of hospital capacity is just criminal.
We need daily hospital capacity and occupancy data going back to 1999. If settle for 2016 though.
New York’s hospital data (for example) starts at 3/26/2020. Why?
Chicago’s starts at 3/1/2020. Why?
Josh,
Fantastic work as always. I had a lengthier comment written before my sun closed my browser, will add some more feedback tomorrow that builds on what you have found.
It does strike me how this type of story should be a leading article coming from the NYT, WaPo, etc. Especially with Michelle Goldberg opening her Munk debate claiming the MSN mostly got Covid right when debating Taibbi and Douglas Murray last week. Perfect example of how much they dropped the ball and continue to be lazy and incurious.
If you missed the debate, it's always incredible to see Douglas Murray at work:
https://vimeo.com/munkdebates/review/775853977/85003a644c
The healthcare capacity fearmongering adds to the sense that we, the public, are being held hostage by public health and our multiple governments. The refusal to provide organ transplants for unvaccinated people is another part of it.