Barbara Canales, Nueces County Judge in #Texas defines a SURGE: In late June, COVID patients occupied 2% of hospital beds, over the next 3 weeks it rose 1% per week, then 1% every 2-3 days, then 1% every day. Now 13% of hospital capacity is occupied by COVID patients.
🚨During the prior surge in Texas, when 15% of hospital beds were occupied by COVID patients, local counties were able to implement mitigation strategies. But, Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order no longer allows local governments to make those restrictions.
Four trauma service areas in Texas have now exceeded the 15% threshold that used to allow local counties to roll back business capacity. But, Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order no longer allows local governments to make those restrictions. everythinglubbock.com/news/state-reg…
Barbara Canales, Nueces County Judge in Texas: "Having beds available with no nursing staff, is only slightly better than having any beds at all. This weekend hospitals were stressed all the way up to San Antonio. They were on divert"
When local hospitals are overwhelmed and at capacity, then patients have to be transfer to another hospital, sometimes greater than 150 miles away. Medevac flights costs upwards of $60,000
Barbara Canales, Nueces Co. Judge in Texas: "We are the leaders in a huge radius for regional healthcare, but even we look to people. We look to San Antonio, but they've been on 🚨DIVERSION for 8 days out of the last 10"
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🧵🔥Raging wildfires in Greece force thousands to be evacuated. More than 1,300 residents and vacationers staying in the village of Limni had to flee to the harbor after all other exit routes from the village were cut off by the fires on August 6, 2021.
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🔥Raging wildfires in Greece force thousands to be evacuated. More than 1,300 residents and vacationers staying in the village of Limni had to flee to the harbor after all other exit routes from the village were cut off by the fires on August 6, 2021.
30 y.o. Kristen McMullen from West Melbourne #Florida was pregnant when she was critically ill from COVID. Her baby Summer Reign survived, but Kristen passed away August 3rd 2021. She leaves a devastated husband Keith. #SoulsLostToCovidfacebook.com/lifeloveschery…
This virus is horrible. This poor child will now grow up without a mother. Consider donating if you can: gofundme.com/f/help-new-mom…
Women are concerned about getting vaccinated during pregnancy, especially if they've had a miscarriage. That's a terrible experience for a family to go through. There is a lot of misinformation out there, but vaccines are SAFE. Too many pregnant woman are dying from COVID.
Kristen Roy, mother of 2, from Bloomington Indiana was 22 weeks pregnant when critically ill from COVID. She is currently on life support, including ECMO. She is maxed out on all treatments. Baby Eli is too premature to deliver.💔 gofund.me/de2bded4
34 y.o. Donavan Daniel, overnight shift leader in the furnace at Commercial Metals from Carthage Missouri died from COVID July 25, 2021. He was not vaccinated. He leaves a wife Stefani (vaccinated) & 2 kids Peighton, 10, and Ryleigh, 5. #SoulsLostToCovidjoplinglobe.com/news/local_new…
This is a well written story of this family's experience with COVID. They took the pandemic seriously by wearing masks and social distancing, but tragically Donavan was hesitant to get vaccinated, even after his wife received the vaccine. joplinglobe.com/news/local_new…
“We took masks very seriously, we really tried to cut down on the spread of COVID-19. We did not want to be those people who were out in the public living our lives and going on like this wasn’t happening. We wanted the spread to stop.”
Dr. John Vanchiere, Chief of LSU Health Shreveport Dept of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases: Children in Louisiana have DIED of COVID and more unfortunately will DIE. This is not a time for politics or threatening lawsuits about masks. MASKS SAVE LIVES!
.@LouisianaGov: There are 13 children hospitalized with COVID at Children's Hospital New Orleans right now, including 6 under the age of 2. Four children are in the ICU. They include a 3 month old boy, 23 month old girl, 8 y.o. girl and a 17 y.o. boy.
Dr. Joesph Kanter, top medical official of the Louisiana Department of Health: 50 hospitals across the state of Louisiana have reached out asking for help b/c they can NO LONGER adequately provide care for the amount of patients that need their services
36 y.o. Colleen Bonds from from Honolulu #Hawaii was 28 weeks pregnant when she became severely ill from COVID prompting an emergency c-section. She was on life support for two weeks and her baby is in the neonatal ICU but #TheySurvivedCovidhawaiinewsnow.com/2021/08/06/unv…
"I intended being vaccinated, but I was a little bit worried about being vaccinated while I was pregnant since I had lost a pregnancy before"
Doctors in Hawaii say about 3% to 5% of hospitalized COVID patients are pregnant women and none are vaccinated.