Re:AstraZeneca Scientist Says Delta Variant Makes Herd Immun...
by techrat on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:07PM
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For every person in the hospital due to covid is another person not able to receive care.
Hospital beds aren't unlimited.
ICU beds full? Someone has a heart attack? Well, sucks to be them.
That's the part of covid everyone is ignoring: it creates an additional burden on the health care system, hospitals that normally are booked solid for surgeries can no longer handle those cases due to the emergency influx from a pandemic spreading like wildfire.
Hospital beds aren't unlimited.
ICU beds full? Someone has a heart attack? Well, sucks to be them.
That's the part of covid everyone is ignoring: it creates an additional burden on the health care system, hospitals that normally are booked solid for surgeries can no longer handle those cases due to the emergency influx from a pandemic spreading like wildfire.