Hey Everyone:
I just wanted to share a poignant story I heard today from our Fire/EMS Chief, Jack Oakley. An elderly, blind woman sustained a severely fractured leg and was taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment. The hospital was filled with mostly Covid-19 unvaccinated person cases and tried to deny her admission because they had no ability to treat her. But there was nowhere else to take her. She waited hours (I believe 6 hours) in pain for initial treatment having to splint her own obviously deformed, broken leg.
For all of you who say this is just the flu....or mainstream media is making this bigger than it is.....or the implementation of Covid-19 safeguards and protections (the temporary closing of schools and other buildings) is just the government taking away your personal freedoms....just take a moment (just several breaths) before you dismiss this all as nonsense. It isn't...and it is getting worse.
Waiting for severe illness or death to happen to you or a family member from this virus for the reality of this world health pandemic to sink is just too damn late. It is NOT a political issue. It's a health issue.
Yes, you can still get the virus if you are vaccinated....BUT the great majority who do get breakthrough cases get the mild version that doesn't take away valuable and limited medical resources at our hospitals. And that is the point...protecting our limited medical resources for EVERYONE who needs treatment.
I know people who say that they will NOT let this virus cause them to stop living their lives as they choose to. That is simply a dangerous, selfish choice. For those who identify with this thinking, it is fine to put your own life on the line, but you need to know you are also putting others at risk of severe illness or death. To expect a hospital bed and a ventilator should you need one is a gamble you may not win.
No one wants to live a modified lifestyle (masking when necessary, keeping a distance from others when you can, washing your hands often), but a world health pandemic....the type of which that hasn't occurred in 100 years should cause you to think that maybe for the sake of others.....you can live a modified life until this health crisis is over. No one is asking or expecting anyone to take such action forever....but just for a while. It is not an unreasonable request of any of us.
I am sorry for getting on the soapbox and sharing my thoughts, but geez, we should be doing so much better than we are.
Peace and love....Peace and love!
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