1/“Even in parts of the country where COVID isn't overwhelming the health system, patients are showing up to the ER sicker than they were before the pandemic….severity of illness ranges widely and includes abdominal pain, respiratory problems, blood clots, heart conditions,..” 
2/ “. 70 to 100 ambulances pull in each day. "It's a lot," Dusang says, watching EMS teams wheel their patients over to the triage nurse. "It's the highest I've ever seen in my career."
3/ “We are hearing from members in every part of the country," says Dr. Lisa Moreno, president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. "The Midwest, the South, the Northeast, the West...they are seeing this exact same phenomenon."
4/ “The number of ER patients is mostly back to "normal," but patients are so much sicker”
5/ “Although the number of ER visits returned to pre-COVID levels this past summer, the admission rates, from the ER to the hospital's inpatient floors, are still almost 20% higher.”
6/ “Meanwhile, there has been an increase in people coming to the ER with more serious conditions, like strokes and heart attacks.”
7/“"I cannot tell you how many of them [the nurses] tell me they went home crying" after their shifts, she says. "And you just hope they show up the next day for more."
9/ Whether this is a result of mass vaccination, extended lockdowns, or a combination of both, this is very alarming.
10/With health systems being overwhelmed and nurses and docs barely keeping their head above water, do you think they are taking extra time to investigate whether or not these cases are the result of the vaccine, or filing VAERS reports? Many docs don’t even know what VAERS is.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
