As I reflect on AB's cases, I can't help but get angry at the privilege and selfishness of so many.
I am talking first hand w/ relatives in India, where oxygen is being rationed, saturations of 75% are all of a sudden "acceptable."/1
I am talking first hand w/ relatives in India, where oxygen is being rationed, saturations of 75% are all of a sudden "acceptable."/1
Families are pooling funds together to purchase their own high flow machines. I am talking to the doctors, walking them through COVID management as many of them are not at all critical care or hospital trained.
People are dying in the waiting area, in the entry ways, at home/2
People are dying in the waiting area, in the entry ways, at home/2
Our per capita case load in AB is higher than that of India. But we are fortunate because we have resources. Privilege of being able to social distance and isolate. To attempt to save our healthcare system from triage and crumble./3
But instead, we choose to flaunt that privilege. Go to rodeos. Crowd patios. To end a "lockdown" that doesn't actually exist (spoiler alert: we've never been in a lockdown.)/4
I pray that none of us have to live the reality that is India. I hope that our current trajectory does not put us in a position to have to ration and choose. I hope our elected officials can, once and for all, stop this awful trajectory we are on./5
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