They say the same thing about the Harris County, Texas (Houston area) hospitals. I have been working around the main hospital district for weeks now, and drive by four different hospital emergency entrances several times a day.
There is ZERO increase in traffic, nobody waiting outside to get in, no crowds and no unusual activity. In fact, the emergency rooms seems to be pretty vacant during the daytime. Any "news" that the hospitals are being over-run is garbage.
I live in Texas as well. This is all bullshit. You can go to the Texas Medical Center website and see that the icu is running at 80% (well below precovid) and that covid patients make up only a fraction of the bed usage. Note: whenever there is a fear-mongering story in Texas it refers to "Staffed" beds...not available beds. Stop firing nurses and the problem is solved!
They say the same thing about the Harris County, Texas (Houston area) hospitals. I have been working around the main hospital district for weeks now, and drive by four different hospital emergency entrances several times a day.
There is ZERO increase in traffic, nobody waiting outside to get in, no crowds and no unusual activity. In fact, the emergency rooms seems to be pretty vacant during the daytime. Any "news" that the hospitals are being over-run is garbage.
I live in Texas as well. This is all bullshit. You can go to the Texas Medical Center website and see that the icu is running at 80% (well below precovid) and that covid patients make up only a fraction of the bed usage. Note: whenever there is a fear-mongering story in Texas it refers to "Staffed" beds...not available beds. Stop firing nurses and the problem is solved!