Yet deaths are down. The reason is why have gotten much better at treating covid than we were a year ago. For instance, we no longer out patients on their backs and we don't put them on ventilators where as we do have effective treatments available now. The Indian/Delta variety does spread some what more easily but it is not any more deadly than other versions. Meanwhile our treatment is much more effective.
Despite Lotusbud's ignorant ravings hospitals remain mostly empty even though they are admitting slightly more people as a precautionary measure. Recovery rates are at record highs. About 96% of the people who catch covid now are the unvaccinated but, again, virtually all recover. Those who are vaccinated remain about 95% immune.
So please stop posting thread after thread of your hysterical nonsense. Go outside for a walk, get a pet (you seem like you'd make a nice lonely cat lady), drink an alcoholic beverage of your choice and maybe find a nice Spanish tapas bar as Spanish food is vastly superior bland Portuguese food.
MY ignorant ravings? I got that from a news source that was citing a doctor's version of reality. You know, someone who is actually on the front lines. I am sure even you have seen all the reports re the increase in gun violence. This is not about covid. Learn to read.
"Dr. Steven Mitchell, the medical director of the emergency department at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, told Insider that so far this year the hospital had seen a 40% increase in the number of gunshot victims coming into the ER compared with 2020.
"We had been in a downward shift for the last few years," Mitchell said of the hospital's intake of gunshot victims. "Beginning in April, we have seen a clear trend where each month we have exceeded the previous few years in the number of cases that arrive in our emergency department from gun violence."
In the past year, cities across the US have seen a
even as rates of other crimes remain stable or are decreasing."
