I have been listening to the CEOâs of many of the multiple health centers in Houston. They make up the largest medical complex in the world. And they were not ready for the numbers of new cases. They have been overwhelmed and are at 100% of ICU capacity.
Given the wealth and racial disparities with who gets Covid, what would it look like to escort them all to quarantine camps? It would spark massive violent protests.
Good point. I have been looking for a link to a report on KPRC this morning that seemed to report that UTMB Galveston was reporting a lot of the early 2nd spike patients were servers and bar staff but I canât find it. I will keep look8ng
Youâre speculating on calendars. The governor is responding to specific contact tracing information he has regarding the surge. His orders are targeted based on hard data coming into his office.
âIf I could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the opening of bars, now seeing in the aftermath of how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bar setting,â he said during an evening interview with KVIA in El Paso.
Healthcare CEOs of the Texas Medical Center said Thursday that a letter that was sent out to the community Wednesday regarding the hospital systemâs âincreasingly stretchedâ ICU capacity level was âmisinterpretedâ and stressed the pandemic is not eclipsing hospital capabilities to care for COVID-19 positive patients as well as other patients.
Following reports that TMC had reached 97 percent capacity, Dr. Marc Boom, Houston Methodist president and CEO, said ICU capacity percentages in the 80s or 90s is âcompletely normal.â