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jmbar2

(4,874 posts) Mon Sep 13, 2021, 09:59 PM Sep 2021

Covid from the perspective of a Texas embalmer

Searing account of what it's like to be an embalmer in this pandemic.

The bodies he receives from hospital ICUs are in MUCH worse shape than normal. Not for the squeamish, but information that antivaxxers should be exposed to.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-covid-embalmers-patrick-huey_n_612feb0be4b0aac9c012139c

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Covid from the perspective of a Texas embalmer (Original Post) jmbar2 Sep 2021 OP

So 85% of the dead they are receiving are Covid-19 victims pandr32 Sep 2021 #1

Pretty horrible jmbar2 Sep 2021 #2

K&R MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #3

pandr32

(11,579 posts)

1. So 85% of the dead they are receiving are Covid-19 victims

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 10:18 PM

Sep 2021

Compare that to 65% during the previous, non-Delta, Covid-19 wave. Add to that the ages are all over the place. I wonder if Texas Covid-19 death reporting reflects these numbers.

jmbar2

(4,874 posts)

2. Pretty horrible

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 11:07 PM

Sep 2021

I've seen a lot of accounts of this plague from doctor's perspectives, but this one is really haunting. I hope it finds its way into the twittersphere to the deniers.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,592 posts)

3. K&R

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 11:13 PM

Sep 2021

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