[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I know of 3 people who were in ICU because of COVID, 2 of whom have since died. All 3 of them were vaccinated.

It isn't some black and white issue like you're making it out to be. Vaccinated people are getting sick too.

By the way, I got my information from the health care professionals directly. They TOLD ME why they're so overrun. So if you have issue with that, I'll give you their contact info and you can take it up with them.

We have ICU beds open here. We don't have doctor's offices.

So just so we are clear it is the media's fault that they are so busy? And just to clarify I wasn't talking about general practice I was talking about ICU, critical care, etc. Unvax are consuming almost all the available beds and ICU. Don't take my word for it.

From January 11th, 2022

https://www.kansascity.com/news/coro...257186137.html

Of the hundreds of people being treated for COVID-19 in local hospitals right now, nearly all are unvaccinated, Kansas City area hospitals report.

On Monday, 108 of 119 active COVID-19 cases — a pandemic high for The University of Kansas Health System — were unvaccinated, hospital officials reported. That’s nearly 91%.

Liberty Hospital also reported a record number of COVID patients Monday with 58, topping the previous high of 49. Two-thirds are unvaccinated, a hospital spokeswoman said.

None of the 27 COVID patients at Children’s Mercy on Monday were vaccinated, said a hospital spokeswoman.

Also on Monday, AdventHealth Shawnee Mission and University Health (formerly Truman Medical Center) reported that 77% of their COVID patients are unvaccinated. Only one of nine at AdventHealth South Overland Park is vaccinated.

At HCA Midwest Health hospitals, which include Overland Park Regional and Research medical centers, more than 80% of COVID patients are unvaccinated, a hospital spokeswoman said. And 89% of COVID patients in ICU are unvaccinated.

During a Monday briefing, KU’s chief medical officer, Dr. Steve Stites, expressed frustration that some people continue to underplay the severity of the pandemic and argue that vaccines don’t work.

“Really? Well 90% of our patients here are unvaccinated,” he said. “I mean, why do we keep having to have the same silly fight when the data is so overwhelmingly clear about the question?

“It’s like folks don’t want to believe that COVID is real and it’s some made-up conspiracy.”

A group of medical officers from Kansas City and out-state Kansas hospitals reported basically the same thing last week when they briefed the public on the crisis they’re facing — packed emergency rooms, lack of beds and staffing shortages that compromise the care they can deliver.

Last week, North Kansas City Hospital reported that 85% of its COVID patients were unvaccinated; it was 79% at Olathe Health.

The sickest patients, in the ICU and plugged into ventilators, “are by and large unvaccinated,” said HCA medical officer Dr. Kim Megow.

“People that have waved the flag of personal choice are extending this pandemic,” said Dr. Kevin Dishman, chief medical officer for Stormont Vail Health in Topeka. “We must do everything we can to protect ourselves and protect each other. That is how we will get through this pandemic.”