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COVID-19 Patients Sent Home to Die in South Texas (Original Post) qwlauren35 Jul 2020 OP
Inexcusable. What resources are they short on, and why can't they be "surged" in? soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
They are out of space. qwlauren35 Jul 2020 #2
This is a small poor county with one hospital. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #3
How is this allowed to happen? soothsayer Jul 2020 #4
Slowly boiling the frog DSandra Jul 2020 #7
Pro-Life, family values party in action central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #5
Trump is turning America into an impoverished third world nation DSandra Jul 2020 #6

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. Inexcusable. What resources are they short on, and why can't they be "surged" in?
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:24 PM
Jul 2020

Need medical staff? Trump has those (I think)
Need beds? Army corps of engineers can build a field hospital
Need ventilators? Dude says he’s king of them

Where’s the freaking task force?



qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
2. They are out of space.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:28 PM
Jul 2020

They have been moving patients to other facilities for a while. They just can't keep up.

They are admitting that it is a "death panel".

cayugafalls

(5,641 posts)
3. This is a small poor county with one hospital.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:35 PM
Jul 2020

They have 29 Covid-19 beds after their 2 expanded surges.

They just don't have the resources to handle a large outbreak of a highly contagious novel disease.

The population is largely Latino and is probably not on the Task Forces or Dan Patrick's (Let them die for the economy) radar.

DSandra

(999 posts)
7. Slowly boiling the frog
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:17 PM
Jul 2020

And a “broken” populace beaten and demoralized daily by powerful institutions.

DSandra

(999 posts)
6. Trump is turning America into an impoverished third world nation
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 05:16 PM
Jul 2020

With life as brutal as in African countries.

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