like Vietnam, until we see the deaths and the wrecked bloated bodies of people dying the number could be 5 million dead and it wouldn’t make a difference. If this were Small Pox or Ebola you can be pretty sure the country would have been locked down and there would be none of this anti-vaccine or mask bullshit anywhere. Media gets a huge fail here, especially the mass murderers at Fox and social media. I thought after the pandemic we would come together more United and a better country but we are divided as ever. My neighbor is a RWNJ neurosurgeon and I saw her watching Hannity last night on her huge screen television. Fox is the reason she is a RWNJ who took off for Fla to escape restrictions when the pandemic hit. It wasn’t til her ex-husband found out that she was forced to bring the kids back to NJ.

housecat

(3,121 posts)

9. I wonder how many were anti-mask anti-vac trumpies

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Thu Dec 16, 2021, 01:54 PM

Dec 2021

jimfields33

(16,010 posts)

11. I would guess 500K Repugs 300 democratic supporters

Reply to housecat (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 02:08 PM

Dec 2021

Any other guesses?

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)

10. Count is even higher when you factor in those who can't get care for other illnesses

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Thu Dec 16, 2021, 02:00 PM

Dec 2021

Republicans know this is happening, and they don't care.

CLEVELAND — One of Ohio's largest hospital systems — the Cleveland Clinic — is nearing capacity because of the current COVID-19 surge.

The hospital system said a large influx of unvaccinated patients has left few available beds at their facilities. There are currently 786 COVID-19-positive patients in Cleveland Clinic hospitals and 218 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, the hospital system said on social media. That's among the most COVID-19 patients the Cleveland Clinic has ever seen at one time.

"The vast majority [of COVID-19 patients} are unvaccinated," the hospital system said.

https://patch.com/ohio/cleveland/cleveland-clinic-running-out-beds-due-covid-19-surge

renate

(13,776 posts)

20. This is so, so true. And my heart breaks when I think of the professionals who are at breaking point

Reply to EleanorR (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 06:43 AM

Dec 2021

... from doing their very best to care for not only the stupid, stupid, oh so stupid misled morons who have Covid because of their own stupidity, but also for the people whose health is at risk due simply to the lack of beds.

I truly don't understand why there aren't ICU tents in the parking lot for Covid patients who have chosen to fuck around and find out. They still need care and that's fine, but why should a person with a heart attack or a stroke suffer and die because someone else is, voluntarily, a member of the Cult of Trump?

Jon King

(1,910 posts)

12. It took a massive effort by right wingers to accomplish 1700/day still dying.

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Thu Dec 16, 2021, 02:09 PM

Dec 2021

A free vaccine available at every drug store and supermarket for over a year. It truly took an amazing effort for MAGAS to snatch this much defeat from the jaws of a no brainer, easy victory.