Posted on Sep 5, 2021
A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/05/ [login to see] /covid-surge-overwhelming-hospitals-raising-fears-rationed-care
The U.S. health care system is again buckling under the weight of a COVID-19 surge that has filled more than 100,000 hospital beds nationwide and forced some states to consider enacting "crisis standards of care" — a last resort plan for rationing medical care during a catastrophic event.
The idea is an alarming sign of how the delta variant has ripped through large swaths of the country — primarily sickening the unvaccinated and straining an already depleted health care workforce.
In recent weeks, more than 10 states have reached their highest hospital admissions for COVID-19 of the pandemic, from the Southeast to the Pacific Northwest. And the U.S. continues to average more than 160,000 new coronavirus cases a day.
The U.S. health care system is again buckling under the weight of a COVID-19 surge that has filled more than 100,000 hospital beds nationwide and forced some states to consider enacting "crisis standards of care" — a last resort plan for rationing medical care during a catastrophic event.
The idea is an alarming sign of how the delta variant has ripped through large swaths of the country — primarily sickening the unvaccinated and straining an already depleted health care workforce.
In recent weeks, more than 10 states have reached their highest hospital admissions for COVID-19 of the pandemic, from the Southeast to the Pacific Northwest. And the U.S. continues to average more than 160,000 new coronavirus cases a day.
A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Didn't we already go through this business last year of threatening to ration health care? How will they decide who gets care? Political connection? Do you have a lot of money? How old you are (dump the senior citizens to the wolves)? It is a crisis but if they are going to have a rationing protocol there needs to be a written plan and stick with it regardless of who the person it. And one more thing, it needs to be publicly posted.
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This is scare tactics! There is not a surge! Been to 15 hospitals in my state in the past week and Covid isn’t filling the hospitals! The hospitals here are back to full services!
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