I work for a large multi-national Big Law firm as an executive assistant. I am the only person in my office of 150 who is not going back to work in the office in September because I told them categorically I will not get vaxxed. So they are "making" me stay virtual! Up until now, I believed people when they said Covid was no worse than a cold or flu. But that has changed. My son got it last Saturday. He is 37. He said he was in so much pain from his toes to his head that he wished he could die. Said it was by far the most sick he has ever been in his life. He absolutely begged me to get the vaccine, which of course I won't do. Today, our pest control guy stopped by and said he had it so bad a month ago he almost went to the hospital. Had really horrendous pain and 102 fever for four days. Age 40. Still has no sense of smell or taste one month later. My daughter has a friend who is an ER doctor. He says Atlanta hospitals are full of Covid patients. He doesn't strike me as the type of person who would lie. This is my anecdotal evidence that Covid is far from over, and it's also very far from nothing. Just my two cents for people who are downplaying it, as I did up until this week.
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hospitals report full ICU's because they are understaffed and therefore can only take care of the number of patients staff can handle. Many have wings of ICU beds empty and closed off.
Ding ding.. This is the case at my wife's hospital. It's "full" but they have a lot of capacity that is not being used because they have not the staff. So it's a bit of wordplay.. that conveniently works to their advantage.
Why the staff shortage?
Honestly not sure if there is a specific reason. I assumed it was due to the same situation plaguing other industries (lowered incentive to work via unemployment, stimulus, etc). I'll ask her why she thinks there is a shortage. But they are paying big bucks for these nurses to come in on their off days for extra shifts. We're talking 500 USD just to walk in the door, then there's the hourly, differential, etc.
Does her hospital have a vaccination mandate?
Please do tell us what she says.
because they are forcing many to get jabbed that refuse, and also probably because many can't hold their nose anymore now that they've come to realize how much of a racket the industry is and perhaps also because some of those that believe the hype are too scared to expose themselves to the fake flu. also there's the free money the government is throwing around that could deter some and the mass psychosis that's screwing with the heads of many making people literally crazy and not want to be part of society.
all part of their great reset plan I'm sure