"Emergency Covid Meeting"

[GalvestonWader]

We need another Corona thread like we need a hole in the head, but I had to put this one out there. My wife works at a hospital on the outskirts of Houston in the breast center, mammography and radiology departments. She's not directly involved with covid patients but she's head of her department so she has to go to meetings with other departments.

She and I do not agree on this whole virus deal. She has people telling her every day how bad it is and while I acknowledge it's existence, I think it's being completely overblown and misreported for political reasons. I refuse to discuss it with her because we simply do not agree on this and it turns into an argument.

She just texts me and says "I just got out of an emergency covid meeting. This is getting really really bad. People are dying. Young people 30, 23, 19 yrs old. We dont have room for them and they are dying alone with no family. We have a freezer truck out back. Our specials team is running everywhere putting tubes and drains in people because they cant breath. Please dont go anywhere you dont have to and please wear a mask. If we get it and have serious symptoms there will be nowhere to get help."

Someone is telling her this information. She's an awesome level headed gal but this has got her freaked out. She says "it was an emergency meeting with hospital administration. It was not political. It was real facts about what this hospital is going through right now."

I dont believe it for one second. I think someone high up in the hospital is straight up lying. But why? Straight from CDC website....

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex

[flywise]

I don’t believe it either but even if true........we all supposed to cower in the corner?

[jrfan]

If your wife who works in the hospital everyday is telling you how serious it is why would you argue with her about it? I take the word of the doctors that I see on the news every day begging people to be careful, social distance, and wear masks over any politician, CNN or FOX news quack, or green screen bow hunter. If she is in the battle every day and is telling you how serious it is you might take her word on this one.

[HoustonHunter]

Not doubting your wife, but I live in Montgomery County where we have 620,000 people. Only 42 or so have died and almost all are 60+ with co-morbidities. No reports of anything other than multiple co-morbidities...

Texas Medical Center reports daily on hospitalizations and they topped out about a week ago, now declining.

[Artos]

County Judge said the valley now has 4 refrigerated trucks for the overflow & has requested outside funeral homes to come assist along with Army medical workers...

[ACCURACYINC]

I have a close friend who works at one of those hospitals on the outskirts of Houston too. It is all doom and gloom from him as well, and basically the same story your wife has. They work in a hospital. This virus is widespread. Because it is widespread, the number of very ill people increases, flooding the hospitals. They have somewhat of a one-sided view, and understandably so. They are seeing the ugliest side of this. Tell your wife thank you when she gets home. We don't see what she sees on a daily basis. Thank God.

[Pstraw]

Do you not think that if this were the case that the news media wouldn't be all over it? I don't believe much that they have to say anyway but this would be nonstop jabbering.

[Clay C]

If your wife who works in the hospital everyday is telling you how serious it is why would you argue with her about it? I take the word of the doctors that I see on the news every day begging people to be careful, social distance, and wear masks over any politician, CNN or FOX news quack, or green screen bow hunter. If she is in the battle every day and is telling you how serious it is you might take her word on this one.

Because he says in the OP she does not have first hand knowledge. This is just what she is hearing.

[Laszlo]

And then theres this.


Texas Health Dept. Reported Inflated Coronavirus Cases for Bexar County
Texas Department of State Health Services admits case totals received from San Antonio’s regional health district included thousands of unconfirmed “probable” cases.

[friscopaint]

My daughter is ICU nurse at Dallas Parkland. Said they are busy but the neuro ICU floor isn't even open, combined with Med ICU due to lack of patients. They may open it for Covid pt's....she see's it at it's worst so she's all about how bad it is but she doesn't see the people that don't end up in ICU....

[friscopaint]

DFW news station today going on and on about a 24 yr old girl getting released after long hospitalization and how it affects young people too.....then at the end they mention she is type 1 diabetic.......

[RattlesnakeDan]

This time of the year hospitals are generally at 90-95% capacity because of stuff that happens and more stuff that happens in the active summer months. So most of these hospitals are at 80-95% capacity right now but only 15% of that is Covid-"Related".
This is from an expert on a radio show I heard yesterday.
I have yet to hear of 1 person dying from Covid.....always a "covid-related" death which we know includes anyone that died and may have had covid at the time of their death.
The left will always use emotion to get their agenda front and center.

[S-3 Ranch]

County Judge said the valley now has 4 refrigerated trucks for the overflow & has requested outside funeral homes to come assist along with Army medical workers...

We just received 4-6 reefer trucks as temp morgue storage
And county states Bexar county went from 30% open Hospital capacity down to 15% in 3 days . Neighboring construction project
Is running on skeleton crew because 30+% of the crew tested + CV19 and 40% of the Key supervisors are in quarantine or hospitalized
Hopefully this is will turn out to be media propaganda and not really facts

[muzzlebrake]

I posted on another thread about coming home yesterday from a 2 day stay at Baylor getting heart stress test and multiple scans and blood work done. Not one single person working there could tell me if they had even seen a Covid patient in there or even heard of one. Everyone was wearing masks except patients inside their rooms. Go figure?

[LWC]

We just received 4-6 reefer trucks as temp morgue storage
And county states Bexar county went from 30% open Hospital capacity down to 15% in 3 days . Neighboring construction project
Is running on skeleton crew because 30+% of the crew tested + CV19 and 40% of the Key supervisors are in quarantine or hospitalized
Hopefully this is will turn out to be media propaganda and not really facts

Which was it? 4 or 6 or 46 or is that just a rumor you heard?