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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by lukebitts on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:33PM (#28534945)
No it doesn’t. People have been smoking, drinking and being fat for decades now and we haven’t had a crisis or a lack of beds for the rest of the public.
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by sparrish on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:50PM (#28535053)
That's ridiculous. Hospitals fill up on a regular basis, now and before Covid. They like to keep as close to capacity as they can - $$. If we have more need for beds, we build more beds. We don't take away personal freedom.
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by lukebitts on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:19AM (#28536217)
It’s a fact that before Covid we didn’t have a crisis for lack of beds (where I live) and after Covid we do. What hospitals like to do is irrelevant, I’m talking about reality
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by cfn on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:42AM (#28536365)
Where I live (Portugal) there is an ICU/beds crisis every single year due to respiratory diseases such as flu, pneumonia, etc. It even makes the news with patients in lying in corridors and such. This year it wasn't different at all.
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