My son (paramedic) was working at the ER last night, and he said: "It was chaos last night. I haven't seen so many people at the ER since the beginning of COVID. At one point we had thirteen ambulances waiting to offload patients." (unclear if this is COVID-19, flu, RSV, norovirus, or all of them btw, no idea). This week is NOT THE WEEK to get sick or hurt in an accident. #pandemic #COVID19 #VenturaCounty
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llewelly
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wouldn't smoke from urban fires provoke increased ER visits?
@llewelly No smoke in this neighborhood, and it's been piling up before the fires. Don't know what it is... just general increase in patients, respiratory disease season.
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Nerdfallmanagement
In response to this post@ai6yr I seriously hope that this is not due to #h5n1 .
Here in #germany newspapers and other media are already reporting about cases in the US and questioning a new #flu #pandemic Greetings from a German paramedic to your son. Hope you both stay strong and #safe.
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James Hubbard
In response to this post@ai6yr My wife was at a hospital in North East TN the other day. The ER was full, people were parking on the sidewalk. The nurse said it was Covid, Flu, and some kind of 24 hr stomach bug going around. They recently implemented mask mandates for staff and reduced visitors. No mask mandates for people coming in.
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bbmtnbb
In response to this post@ai6yr ALL of them. Had my 4 patients yesterday and 3 isolation, and something causing months long cough. Very little covid, alot if flu A, RSV here and there. We don't test for norovirus. But we are slammed in our ER too. Numbers we haven't seen.
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MsMerope
In response to this post@ai6yr having tons of people in evac shelters leads to more issues. Especially noro
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Lee
In response to this post@ai6yr And… I’ve had cough for 3 weeks. Gave up fighting it. Doctors visit today at 330pm.
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
In response to this post@ai6yr it's the same in the UK, hospitals are at crisis point........but you wouldn't know because Elon Musk has us all talking about 'Grooming Gangs' from almost 20 years ago.....
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SpaceLifeForm
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Wildfire smoke inhalation?
@SpaceLifeForm No, we are not in a smoke area. It's been busy with 3 hour wall times since last week.
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Muro deGrizeco :toad:
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An important anecdote, I think.
Thank you for sharing your son's observation.
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Volvodadfast
In response to this post@ai6yr I worry about the people sheltering from the LA fires in evacuation centers.
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Permaculture and Politics
In response to this post@ai6yr here in western Oregon COVID’s quieter than a few months ago but RSV and influenza A have both increased. A lot of patients don’t have a fever to begin with, but so have a persistent cough. A lot of elderly progress to pneumonia and are hospitalized.
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