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Originally Posted by ElKabong
Texas has 254 counties
4 are affected by this
Its the end of the world isn't it??
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It depends where you're standing, "who feels the sneeze".
Do the other counties outside of the major hospital system have advanced ICUs and qualified staff, and how far away are they?
(Low ICU capacity affects non-covid-19 patients the most, esp when your largest hospital system get overloaded.)
If a loved one suffered an illness that required bed availabilty in an ICU (for covid-19 or something else) which had reached capacity or was past capacity, you may be subject to worse care. (spilling out into adjacent wards, the hallway, an operating theatre, with skeleton staffing) .
It would be "actual" end of the world for some who don't make it, due to less-than ideal conditions and not enough staff or equipment. And that does happen. Hospital systems can become brittle as spun glass when severely overloaded.
