[jdulej]

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Yes, there are lots of statistics published by reliable sources. But there are reliable anecdotal reports which are also available.

I was personally told by two of my doctors last Thursday that as of the day before, no hospital within 75 miles of The Villages was accepting new patients for ANY reason unless they had a room vacated. They rattled off the names of all the hospitals that I was familiar with from Ocala south to north of Orlando.

They told me that the hospitals in Ocala were sending COVID patients home with a tank of oxygen and a mask, which has now resulted in a shortage of oxygen in the area.

I live nearby The Villages Regional Hospital and I can count the number of sirens I’ve heard going into the ER in the last couple of weeks on one hand. I drove by yesterday and the ER parking lot was more than half empty.

The hospitals have cancelled all but necessary surgeries or procedures if any kind, as have many doctor’s offices. The Villages Health offices were reported to have 26 COVID cases among their staff. The 250 doctor statewide Florida Cancer Specialists have cancelled all but required chemo and radiation treatments and have mandated that all employees be vaccinated by next Monday. One of my doctors told me that 4 of his patients died last week from COVID, all male, less than 40 years old, and all unvaccinated.

Is the reported COVID spike in Florida hitting close to home here in The Villages? Draw your own conclusions.

Unfortunately, my experience lines up with your comments. A close relative of mine had non-elective surgery about 10 days ago at Ocala Regional Hosp. Large areas of the hospital were fenced off for Covid only, and she was one of very few non Covid patients. No one was allowed into the hospital to visit, and there were no emergency vehicles entering while I was waiting for her in the parking lot (2 hrs). Ocala is a trauma hospital, and it is usually super active 24X7.
People can come up with all the graphs they want to tell whatever story they want - there is something very bad going on here in Florida.

[Billy1]

Is an emergency parking lot being half empty good or bad news?

[KMcgee]

A look from Gainesville. ( sources family that work at Shands and North Florida & message from CEO at Shands )

Video from CEO at Shands on Covid
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Shands at its peak Shands had 157 + Covid-19 Patients, with the current Delta Varient surge they have 225+ patients, requiring them to postpone elective surgeries and convert medical surgical beds to add additional ICU beds. In these numbers are 10 children 9 of which are in ICU status.

North Florida Hospital has 180+ Covid patients, they also needed to establish additional ICU beds in order to support patient need. Also the need for high flow oxygen exceeded there capacity requiring them to make adjustments to there Oxygen delivery system in order to meet patient need. Nurses are being paid an hourly premium and daily bonus as incentive due to the demand for nursing resources.

V.A. Hospital authorization was received for them to accept Covid patient transfers from Shands

[kenoc7]

Originally Posted by John41

Texas health director was on tv this morning. They tried to avoid this but were blocked by the admin getting an injunction from a friendly judge. With the mess in Afghanistan the border surge will intensify with 13% of illegals tested being Covid positive and over 200,000 illegals entering each month. And now terrorists will be crossing that border.

Please stop the bigotry and fear mongering

[taruffi57]

And then there is the "Lambda" surge...........

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by John41

Texas health director was on tv this morning. They tried to avoid this but were blocked by the admin getting an injunction from a friendly judge. With the mess in Afghanistan the border surge will intensify with 13% of illegals tested being Covid positive and over 200,000 illegals entering each month. And now terrorists will be crossing that border.

Why is it such a secret where all the illegals have been placed throughout our country?

[Beyond The Wall]

Seasonal flu has the same affect . Trying to scare sheep again

[Billy1]

Why would you call great Americans like us sheep?

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by kenoc7

Please stop the bigotry and fear mongering

Fear mongering? Bigotry? Sure...let's all just bury our heads in the sand, and pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

[paquino]

Originally Posted by John41

Texas hospitals are overrun with Covid infected illegal immigrants who are taking 75% of the beds. CDC says they aren’t following Covid 19 cases on the southern border.

Where did that info come from?

[tonycirocco@me.com]

Originally Posted by scottiesrgreat@gmail.com

Went to one of those stand-alone ERs - I fell and hurt my knee. I drove up - I thought they were closed - totally empty - immediately took me in and was out in less than 30 minutes.

Based on some of the news reports - I was expecting a long long line and a 6 hour wait.

Which one?????

[glsatterlee]

40 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Released in Texas City Tested Positive for COVID-19: Officials

27 Fully-Vaccinated People Aboard Carnival Cruise Test Positive for CCP Virus

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by S=kBlogW

Current covid % of ICU beds available = 47%

The graph only goes back to week ending Aug 2, 2020, when covid % of ICU beds = 40%

Last summer the date of peak cases was mid July 12, that wave hit Florida earlier than this one, so if the graph went back a few more weeks the % of covid ICU beds would be a few points higher, so not that big of a difference from now.

If you look at the graph for all of USA, the peak covid % of ICU beds was larger in January 2021 than it is now.

There is no doubt that the Delta variant is infecting large number of people. The good news is that the Infection Fatality Rate is much lower than in previous waves. The average age of current covid cases is lower, (most older americans are vaccinated and covid kills much less in younger age groups) and we also have better treatments in the hospitals.

Some scientists I read think we are close to peak cases in Florida, deaths will go up at bit more (but never reach previous peaks) and then start to fall

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My college girlfriend’s son is about 40, a vet who served three tours in Afghanistan. He didn’t think he needed to get vaccinated. Now he is in the hospital with severe Covid-caused pneumonia. He thinks he’ll be home in a few days. I hope so. His chest x-Ray looks pretty bad. A friend of mine who had Covid in January but wasn’t admitted to a hospital died last month after a double valve replacement because his lungs were “like concrete” from Covid damage and couldn’t transfer enough oxygen for him to survive, even after 10 days on ECMO to give his heart a chance to heal.

[Marine1974]

Newsweek reports Florida ICU beds are at 200% capacity.
The other issue is not having enough staff to operate covid ICU
patients . Florida is surging right now . Best to call hospitals in Florida and ask if you want the truth.

[cheweycat]

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