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Old 08-02-2021, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna View Post
We live near The Villages Regional Hospital. We can see and certainly hear the sirens and sound of EMS ambulances and helicopters. There have been almost no such sounds for several days. We can only assume that TVRH is not accepting any new ER patients. Yesterday’s news reported a 64% increase in COVID hospital admissions in Sumter County, over 150% in Jacksonville.

The Florida Hospital Association is projecting that there will be twice as many cases of COVID by Labor Day as the highest number experienced in the U.S. at the peak rate last January. A difference is that the new variant is attacking much younger people with far worse, even fatal results. 96% of current new patients are unvaccinated.
My wife knows for a fact that our hospital's ER is filled up and also the ICU. The Gainsville and Orlando hospitals are also full and "diverting". Apparently, there is nowhere for the helicopters to take our local patients! And patients are younger because of Delta and sicker. The average age of CV patients in Jacksonville is down to 42.