I wonder why...
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Yeah, I was in the ICU for almost a week in one of the most far gone left cities possible, during the peak hospital fearmongering of 2020. Pre-vaccine though. They covid tested me in the ER and again a few days later out of hospital policy, but the first test was relevant diagnostic info. The whole ICU floor was covid equipped with loud HEPA filters, but there weren't any covid patients. No one seemed stressed out about covid. The ICU nurses were chill and didn't make me wear a mask except for when getting rolled to another floor for scans (and only when non ICU Karens balked about it). A dozen different doctors came in all the time and all insisted I didn't need a mask. Everyone was following normal ICU protocols and wearing masks to protect themselves. They were all just really concerned about keeping my heart beating and making me as comfortable as I could be with my chest, back and arms completely covered with adhesive pads (except for the weekend nurse that seemed to do the absolute minimum, and would stab me 3 or 4 times to find a vein and plug in equipment backwards). Overall B+ would recommend again, but only if you have health insurance. The doctors kept joking that I had the "million dollar workup", but after two surgeries they were literally only half joking...
My experience was very similar, shorter duration. I have gold plated health insurance and was at a “boutique” hospital in Arlington VA - about the most woke City in the Country. I wore a surgical mask for gurney trans but that was it. I think it was 48k for a 36 hr hospital stay.