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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
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Oct 26, 2020
HORRIFYINGUtah hospitals so overcrowdedsoon starting rationing of ICUs.
patients getting worse despite ICU would be moved out first. In event 2 patients' conditions are equal, young gets priority over old, since older patients likely to die. #COVID19
Utahs hospitals prepare to ration care as a record number of coronavirus patients flood their ICUs
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
2) Meanwhile huge numbers of HCW are also hospitalized for #covid19
Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
BREAKINGhuge CDC report on hospitalized healthcare workers w/ #COVID19, which comprise 1 in 16.7 (6%) of all hospitalized cases!
📌10% hospitalized had zero risk factor! (Median age only 49, so not old at all)
📌Whopping 36% hospitalized were nurses! 🧵
https://cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6943e3.htm
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
·
Oct 26, 2020
HORRIFYINGUtah hospitals so overcrowdedsoon starting rationing of ICUs.
patients getting worse despite ICU would be moved out first. In event 2 patients' conditions are equal, young gets priority over old, since older patients likely to die. #COVID19
Utahs hospitals prepare to ration care as a record number of coronavirus patients flood their ICUs
Editors note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support...
sltrib.com
Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
2) Meanwhile huge numbers of HCW are also hospitalized for #covid19
Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
BREAKINGhuge CDC report on hospitalized healthcare workers w/ #COVID19, which comprise 1 in 16.7 (6%) of all hospitalized cases!
📌10% hospitalized had zero risk factor! (Median age only 49, so not old at all)
📌Whopping 36% hospitalized were nurses! 🧵
https://cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6943e3.htm
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Utah - "patients getting worse despite ICU would be moved out first." (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2020
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The Magistrate
(95,256 posts)1. At the Levels Looming, Ma'am, Triage Seems Unavoidable
Hell to pay for all concerned --- patients, family, and hospital staff.
There Must Be A Reckoning.
crickets
(25,986 posts)4. Indeed. nt
Raster
(20,998 posts)2. Poor fucking Utah, full of tRump-loving, Covid deniers that didn't want to wear masks.
Pandemics have consequences.
marybourg
(12,639 posts)3. Presided over by a death cult.