And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
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There may be some concerns in some areas of the country about overwhelmed hospitals, but that is not the case in all areas. My ex-wife works at a hospital in a city of 75,000 people, and they are laying off nurses and cutting their hours. The hospital is not busy, and is in no danger of being overwhelmed. There are a couple hospitals in the area that are busy with cases, but most are simply not overwhelmed. Busy, yes, overwhelmed, no.
Again I have to ask, what overwhelmed system? One of my daughters is a nurse in Raleigh at a major hospital there, it's very quiet. I have a different daughter who is a nurse at a major hospital in Cleveland. Same thing, very quiet. I don't claim to speak for all hospitals, but these examples are hardly unusual for much of the country. In fact, hospital layoffs are becoming a common story. Shall I link some for you?
Many of us are of the opinion that we (societal) are being too careful. It's not a question of some want us all to die. We just see the risk far differently based on the evidence we can see.
This is a couple of examples of the problems dealing with the unknown. Are the hospitals not overrun because the virus is not that serious? Or because the actions we are taking has worked? Remember, most of what we are doing will also slow cold and flu.
