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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The wife's hospital has been empty. I will say though, it's not all equal. If you're sick enough with covid to be in a hospital you want ICU and there's only so many spots available there.

I was in ICU once after the police beat me up. They put me on IV dilaudid and xanax. It felt like heaven. Then the cops came to the hospital and arrested me. Everyone bowed their heads as I was being taken away. I know that sounds like some everyone clapped story, but it happened.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This. I have relatives in the medical field and they say the same thing. It's not that the ICU's are full right now, it's that they are filling up, as well as the morgues. It does have the potential to overwhelm the hospitals and that's why the hospitals have been cleared. There is also something about the ambulance services having to circle the area sometimes, waiting on approval to find a hospital. Some areas are worse than others. Any non-Covid-19 related hospital visit is discouraged and you are sent home ASAP. They say there are so many people coming through with Covid-19, that you don't want to be there to take a chance on getting infected. I don't believe in the government lockdown, but I do believe this is a very contagious bug that hits really hard on the health-compromised and occasionally on the healthy.