09-08-2021, 02:57 AM
(09-08-2021, 02:46 AM)LP link Wrote:For those of us with friends or relatives in the USA things are looking grim over there, too many lockdown dissenters and anti-vaxers, some US states are starting to see hospitals get overrun.A normal day pre Covid in the USA public hospital system is for the ER's to shut around 10pm and the long line of people waiting to be told to come back the next day and try again.The land of milk and honey isnt so sweet if you dont have money and private health insurance, hopefully we never get that like here in Australia and turn sick people away.
So they are resorting to selective treatment, that is those with the best prospect of survival gets treatment the rest must fend for themselves. I've a friend/associate in the southern states who has a daughter working in emergency health care, for years he's been a leave it up to God's will type, declining vaccines and espousing freedom of choice, the stereotypical profile. Now, as he watches his king hearted daughter struggle and crumble under the pressure of being part of an overwhelmed health system he finally gets it, but for so so many it way too late! The straw that broke the camels back for his daughter was arriving at work and seeing heavily armed guards / private security refusing ill people entry to the hospital, maybe 1 in 10 gets past the outdoor triage tent!

