Current Events > US Army vet died from a gallstone because no ICU beds were available

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-us-hospital-icu-bed-shortage-veteran-dies-treatable-illness/

When U.S. Army veteran Daniel Wilkinson started feeling sick last week, he went to the hospital in Bellville, Texas, outside Houston. His health problem wasn't related to COVID-19, but Wilkinson needed advanced care, and with the coronavirus filling up intensive care beds, he couldn't get it in time to save his life.

"He loved his country," his mother, Michelle Puget, told "CBS This Morning" lead national correspondent David Begnaud. "He served two deployments in Afghanistan, came home with a Purple Heart, and it was a gallstone that took him out."

Anti vaxxers are causing other people to die needlessly.

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I literally told you guys this weeks ago.

Kakli recalled making multiple phone calls to other facilities, only to get a lot of, "sorry sorry sorry," in reply.

I'm on the other end of that line saying 'sorry'. But if its a case like this where they absolutely need the specialist right away and if they don't they die, then I bend the rules, regardless if my higher ups get upset. I'd probably accept him as a transfer and tell the transfer center to prioritize an ICU bed for him instead of our ER patients who technically already have critical care beds.

But yea I've said sorry to multiple doctors at these smaller ERs who don't have the resources they need to treat their patients. And I tell them all the same thing, "people aren't getting the vaccine, so covid is overwhelming us right now". And the docs on the other end go, "we hear that same story from everyone we call"

This was fucking 4 weeks ago.

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Just turn dose fucking anti vaxxers away, fuck dem let god save dem and leave da science to people who actually want da help
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Happening all over the world. Similar issues here in the UK and it's going to keep on until the anti vaxxers die or take it.

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I'm definitely of the mind that hospitals should be able to turn away people who choose not to get vaccinated unless they actually have a legitimate documented medical excuse.

• Healthcare workers are beyond burned out from watching people die all day every day for almost over a year and a half. We have many people in the healthcare industry quitting because they can't stand the helplessness or the abuse from people who think covid is a hoax while they're in the hospital because of covid.
• Anti-vaxxers are refusing to trust the CDC until they get badly sick themselves. Then they go to a hospital that follows CDC guidelines and take up an ICU bed that someone else needs.

Also:

• We've tried explaining that covid is deadly. Anti-vaxxers don't want to listen.
• We've tried explaining that the vaccines are safe and effective. Anti-vaxxers don't want to listen.
• We've tried bribing people with large lottery prize chances, small sums of money, beer, concert/festival tickets, etc. Anti-vaxxers don't want to listen.

Some people need to be dragged kicking and screaming into reality.

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it's regrettable there aren't (and haven't been) more hospitals and medical professionals available to properly meet the demand

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Let the anti-vaxxers get sick and die alone somewhere. There's literally nothing negative about it.

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we need to start triaging willingly unvaccinated patients. if they refuse to do the bare minimum to protect themselves then there's no point to let them kill others with their idiocy.

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TheMikh posted...

it's regrettable there aren't (and haven't been) more hospitals and medical professionals available to properly meet the demand

I know mississippi has opened up some field hospitals. Our hospital brought in another group of army doctors and nurses but they're going to be managing non-covid patients, which is annoying because we actually like taking care of those patients. Managing only covid gets exhausting. I'm sure its happening all over the place where they are overwhelmed. Mississippi turned a parking garage into a hospital. Whats sad is even that wasn't enough and they had to open a second field hospital.

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monkmith posted...

we need to start triaging willingly unvaccinated patients. if they refuse to do the bare minimum to protect themselves then there's no point to let them kill others with their idiocy.

This. It's fucking ridiculous at this point.

Stop allowing willingly unvaccinated patients to take up ICU beds. Every time I hear a story like this I thank whatever powers exist that my cancer and treatment was in 2019. I would likely be fucking dead if it were last year or this year.

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MaddenDude-- posted...

I know mississippi has opened up some field hospitals. Our hospital brought in another group of army doctors and nurses but they're going to be managing non-covid patients, which is annoying because we actually like taking care of those patients. Managing only covid gets exhausting. I'm sure its happening all over the place where they are overwhelmed. Mississippi turned a parking garage into a hospital. Whats sad is even that wasn't enough and they had to open a second field hospital.

hospitals are bleeding workers because of this shit. nobody wants to go to work, get screamed at by crazies claiming they're working for the 5g liberal gates cabal, get screamed at by sick crazies saying that they're actually being poisoned instead of dying from a virus they refused to take seriously, get screamed at by stupid crazies demanding prescriptions for antiparasitics and and lupus medication, get screamed at by the dying crazies who are just realizing 5 minutes before the tube goes down their throat that they want a vaccine, and get screamed at by the grieving families of crazies for not doing more to stop their crazy family members death! so workers are either quitting or eating a bullet to escape this shit.

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States / countries need to start passing laws that explicitly forbid hospitals, private ones included, from providing medical care relating to covid to those who actively refuse the vaccine for conspiracist and/or religious reasons. Morons should not be pandered to, especially when they put others in danger.

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What is fascinating, is I live in a highly concentrated part of the Mid-Atlantic, close to the Northeast region.

I can still get into a hospital. I can still get a parking spot at a hospital. I have yet to have known a single person under the age of 75 that has died due to Co-Vid19 complications.

I ain't an anti vaxxer, I got vaccinated. But I wonder how many of these stories are being stretched to churn an agenda or just to line some pockets.

What I do know is, booster time is approaching and Moderna, Phizer and J&J are about to be getting paid

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Gohan187 posted...

What is fascinating, is I live in a highly concentrated part of the Mid-Atlantic, close to the Northeast region.

I can still get into a hospital. I can still get a parking spot at a hospital. I have yet to have known a single person under the age of 75 that has died due to Co-Vid19 complications.

I ain't an anti vaxxer, I got vaccinated. But I wonder how many of these stories are being stretched to churn an agenda or just to line some pockets.

What I do know is, booster time is approaching and Moderna, Phizer and J&J are about to be getting paid

You can still get into a hospital in most places. It's the ICU where they care for covid patients where bed availability is scarce.

Said ICU is also where advanced care takes place. Like gallstone removal surgery.

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CableZL posted...

You can still get into a hospital in most places. It's the ICU where they care for covid patients where bed availability is scarce.

Said ICU is also where advanced care takes place. Like gallstone removal surgery.

I haven't been in an ICU and I am not trying to downplay any of this, because I could be wrong have any inclinations about it

It's just like there is a narrative of some clear and present danger lingering around and honestly, maybe I am naive, but I just don't see it.

I had COVID-19, it sucked, but I also don't know anyone or anyone who passed of it that didn't already having a foot in the grave.

The youngest person I knew was a 61 year old family friend that weighed over 400 pounds, so it's hard to say that COVID-19 was the biggest factor there.

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Gohan187 posted...

I ain't an anti vaxxer, I got vaccinated. But I wonder how many of these stories are being stretched to churn an agenda or just to line some pockets.

You're not an anti-vaxxer, but you're throwing out conspiracy theories for them.

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Gohan187 posted...

I haven't been in an ICU

Gohan187 posted...

but I just don't see it.

So, because you personally haven't seen it, there is nothing to worry about? Nevermind the 650,000 people who have died because of covid in the US alone? Nevermind all of the people who are dealing with long term symptoms from having a severe covid infection? Nevermind the fact that people who need emergency care can't get it in some areas because some states are completely out of ICU beds?

But you individually not having seen it means it's not a big deal.

Sure.

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I guess both Alabama and Arkansas have absolutely no ICU beds left is nothing to worry about at all. Non-covid patients will never need an ICU bed in those states ever.

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Politicians and Health authorities need to step up and change these policies on hospital bed priority. Are there any countries/places where there are policies in place that regulate hospital beds to prioritize vaccinated patients? Or de-prioritize un-vaccinated? Seems like something easy to pass in a pandemic given the dire circumstances.

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What a fucking idiot.

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I guess healthcare workers quitting across the nation because they've been watching people die all day every day for over a year and a half is no big deal. I guess Texas having to bring in thousands of healthcare workers from other states to keep up with the covid surge isn't important at all.

Nope. Nothing to see here. Gohan187 hasn't seen it, so it's not happening.

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Gohan187 posted...

What is fascinating, is I live in a highly concentrated part of the Mid-Atlantic, close to the Northeast region.

I can still get into a hospital. I can still get a parking spot at a hospital. I have yet to have known a single person under the age of 75 that has died due to Co-Vid19 complications.

I ain't an anti vaxxer, I got vaccinated. But I wonder how many of these stories are being stretched to churn an agenda or just to line some pockets.

What I do know is, booster time is approaching and Moderna, Phizer and J&J are about to be getting paid

you live in a highly vaccianted region so Delta hasn't ripped your neck of the woods nearly as hard (yet), pretty simple lol.

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coolboy11 posted...

you live in a highly vaccianted region so Delta hasn't ripped your neck of the woods nearly as hard (yet), pretty simple lol.

He also admits to not having been in an ICU and not having seen the problem at the same time.

If you close your eyes, you won't see what's in front of you. I guess that means nothing at all is there.

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Gohan187 posted...

What is fascinating, is I live in a highly concentrated part of the Mid-Atlantic, close to the Northeast region.

I can still get into a hospital. I can still get a parking spot at a hospital. I have yet to have known a single person under the age of 75 that has died due to Co-Vid19 complications.

I ain't an anti vaxxer, I got vaccinated. But I wonder how many of these stories are being stretched to churn an agenda or just to line some pockets.

What I do know is, booster time is approaching and Moderna, Phizer and J&J are about to be getting paid

bro what you experienced is nothing like what we here in NYC went through - thats literally happening right now in Texas and Florida and other states where the vaxx numbers are incredibly low, from someone who lives in the city, there were sirens every five minutes and hospitals where basically on a need to enter basis, be grateful that you arent experiencing any of this

monkmith posted...

hospitals are bleeding workers because of this shit. nobody wants to go to work, get screamed at by crazies claiming they're working for the 5g liberal gates cabal, get screamed at by sick crazies saying that they're actually being poisoned instead of dying from a virus they refused to take seriously, get screamed at by stupid crazies demanding prescriptions for antiparasitics and and lupus medication, get screamed at by the dying crazies who are just realizing 5 minutes before the tube goes down their throat that they want a vaccine, and get screamed at by the grieving families of crazies for not doing more to stop their crazy family members death! so workers are either quitting or eating a bullet to escape this shit.

Just reading that is tiring..sad... and accurate

The big pharma angle is also dumb. If there was a conspiracy where covid was all just a ploy for them to get paid, it's too late to crack that unless you're expecting a complete vaccine shutdown. They don't benefit from more people getting the vaccine from this point. It's the opposite, because vaccines are perishable. They get paid for whatever they sell even if it's not used, and people ignoring the vaccine means more get thrown out. The need for boosters is also a direct result of anti-vaxxers causing the pandemic to extend

Recently, San Antonio was completely without EMS service for 26 minutes because of so many covid calls happening at once. But sure, because I didn't personally see an ambulance, that's not a big deal.

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I've been saying, antivax should be lower priority.

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CableZL posted...

Recently, San Antonio was completely without EMS service for 26 minutes because of so many covid calls happening at once. But sure, because I didn't personally see an ambulance, that's not a big deal.

That's really scary...

Gohan187 posted...

I haven't been in an ICU and I am not trying to downplay any of this, because I could be wrong have any inclinations about it

It's just like there is a narrative of some clear and present danger lingering around and honestly, maybe I am naive, but I just don't see it.

I had COVID-19, it sucked, but I also don't know anyone or anyone who passed of it that didn't already having a foot in the grave.

The youngest person I knew was a 61 year old family friend that weighed over 400 pounds, so it's hard to say that COVID-19 was the biggest factor there.

Different regions have different amount of cases and vaccination rates. Like the South is being hit way harder than the rest of the country currently and has terrible vaccination rates in most of those states.

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soulunison2 posted...

bro what you experienced is nothing like what we here in NYC went through - thats literally happening right now in Texas and Florida and other states where the vaxx numbers are incredibly low, from someone who lives in the city, there were sirens every five minutes and hospitals where basically on a need to enter basis, be grateful that you arent experiencing any of this

I live in Philadelphia. I was discreet about the location to gather a greater understanding, but if you want to bring the big city aura to it, I understand. I guess the NYC has been or is a lot more hectic with COVID-19 as opposed to Philly.


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Ruvan22 posted...

Just reading that is tiring..sad... and accurate

I don't even work in the medical field, and reading that halfway through made me think "I'd probably shoot myself if I had to go through all of that bullshit on a daily basis".

The people who actually do have to deal with that have my highest sympathies.

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It's too bad physicians have no political power.

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Umbreon posted...

I don't even work in the medical field, and reading that halfway through made me think "I'd probably shoot myself if I had to go through all of that bullshit on a daily basis".

The people who actually do have to deal with that have my highest sympathies.

I didn't shoot myself yet so it's good.

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ssj3vegeta2 posted...

Just turn dose fucking anti vaxxers away, fuck dem let god save dem and leave da science to people who actually want da help

let them eat horse paste

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Y'all are crazy. I haven't seen anyone on a stretcher with covid

Granted I live next to a national forest in the boonies. But still. I ain't seent it. So can't be that bad

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There's literally no availability issues with vaccines in America anymore. They should turn away all unvaccinated people (unless immunocompromised or allergic or under 13) for any reason, not just COVID, unless you need emergency room services.

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As a healthcare worker I am fucking exhausted. And it just keeps getting worse

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Fucking anti-vaxxers. Many deaths on their heads, hopefully politicians will get the balls to do what needs to be done, and allow hospitals to deny care to them.

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I had gallstones

he died painfully then. That shit is awful. Couldnt eat a piece of bread without being in pain all night and not being able to sleep

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Gohan187 posted...

I live in Philadelphia. I was discreet about the location to gather a greater understanding, but if you want to bring the big city aura to it, I understand. I guess the NYC has been or is a lot more hectic with COVID-19 as opposed to Philly.

Pennsylvania, and many of the states in the Northeast, has one of the highest vaccination rates thus far. There are probably other mitigating factors like local administrative restrictions and requirements that these other states do not have.

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God bless America

Can we stop engaging the guy who is JAQing off.

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Hexenherz posted...

Pennsylvania, and many of the states in the Northeast, has one of the highest vaccination rates thus far. There are probably other mitigating factors like local administrative restrictions and requirements that these other states do not have.

Proud to say that NJ was the first, and for a long time only, state to meet pandemic guideline standards.

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megamanfreakXD posted...

It's too bad physicians have no political power.

Rand Paul is a physician lmfao

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Can we stop engaging the guy who is JAQing off.

Hes warned so at least itll stop

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gna647 posted...

I had gallstones

he died painfully then. That shit is awful. Couldnt eat a piece of bread without being in pain all night and not being able to sleep

He had gallstone pancreatitis, that is significantly more painful than just simple gallstones.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Rand Paul is a physician lmfao

oh lord, he is one of those physicians

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Rand Paul is a physician lmfao

He's certified by a board that he created.

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