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  • OnWis97 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    I don't know the show "Utopia" and I'm glad I don't...
    OnWis97 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    I don't know the show "Utopia" and I'm glad I don't...
    I'm the opposite....now I'm intrigued. lol
    I mentioned it on here.  Watch the English version.  i understand where people got their whacky ideas from now...


  • mrussel1 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    Get different friends?
    They aren't people I'll be hanging w on a regular basis.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 13,886
    edited December 2021
    Im watching  this as i read. Fuckin far out . Was there  a version of this  a few years  back i swear I saw it 
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  • Im watching  this as i read. Fuckin far out . Was there  a version of this  a few years  back i swear I saw it 
    Two versions Rob, an English version the original and an American version.

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  • How long ago waa uk version swear i saw it like 5 years ago
    brixton 93
    astoria 06
    albany 06
    hartford 06
    reading 06
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    paris 06
    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • How long ago waa uk version swear i saw it like 5 years ago
    Sounds about right.  2013-14.
  • mrussel1 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    Get different friends?
    They aren't people I'll be hanging w on a regular basis.
    yeah, since the trump/trudeau eras, I've really learned a shit ton about people I know. 
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  • mrussel1 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    Get different friends?
    They aren't people I'll be hanging w on a regular basis.
    yeah, since the trump/trudeau eras, I've really learned a shit ton about people I know. 
    Same. My childhood best friend of 30+ years and his wife are anti-vaxxers and have 4 kids. About 3 months ago I walked away from the friendship. Not just for that reason, but it was a factor. 
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  • mrussel1 said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    Get different friends?
    They aren't people I'll be hanging w on a regular basis.
    yeah, since the trump/trudeau eras, I've really learned a shit ton about people I know. 
    Same. My childhood best friend of 30+ years and his wife are anti-vaxxers and have 4 kids. About 3 months ago I walked away from the friendship. Not just for that reason, but it was a factor. 
    I know a whole bunch of anti vaxxers.  That actually doesn't bother me it's the other baggage that usually follows w it.
  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739

    Furor: Finland’s 36-year-old PM goes clubbing despite exposure to COVID case


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    she said “fuck it, 2 years and no clubbing, this ends now.”  
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  • A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
  • A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
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  • A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
    Are you sure 100% of that? I don’t hear that. I hear hospitals are full and beds are full.
  • benjsbenjs Posts: 9,150
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    It takes an immense amount of effort to un-brainwash someone who's been brainwashed. When such a substantial percentage of a population have been persuaded to ignore what their eyes and ears tell them, and that there's only one truthful source of knowledge (who themselves are untruthful), I don't understand how there's coming back from that. Emotionally fuelled, convinced that the opposition party explicitly wants to bring upon their silencing, and that only their party of choice puts their interests into consideration, validated by the peers they grew up with and respect... call me a cynic, but I don't see how anything returns to normalcy.
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  • A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
    Are you sure 100% of that? I don’t hear that. I hear hospitals are full and beds are full.
    I said "often". but yes, sometimes it's also space capacity. they can't just build a new wing with the snap of a finger to make any ICU bigger. 

    Winnipeg has a capacity of 130 ICU beds. We are currently near capacity at around 90, and yes, the differential is because of staffing. 
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  • A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
    Are you sure 100% of that? I don’t hear that. I hear hospitals are full and beds are full.
    ICU beds are highly specialized spaces and staffing. They cost to construct, maintain and staff. I’m sure hospital/healthcare networks look at population, past trends, illness rates and all sorts of other data to determine the number of beds, patient load and types of injury/illness. They have burned out staff combined with antivaxxers who they anticipated getting vaxxed and lessening the burden. Plus, you probably still have close to the original illness/injury rate that requires ICU. I’d guess creating and staffing ICU capacity is a major cost with a three to five year lead time.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
    Are you sure 100% of that? I don’t hear that. I hear hospitals are full and beds are full.
    ICU beds are highly specialized spaces and staffing. They cost to construct, maintain and staff. I’m sure hospital/healthcare networks look at population, past trends, illness rates and all sorts of other data to determine the number of beds, patient load and types of injury/illness. They have burned out staff combined with antivaxxers who they anticipated getting vaxxed and lessening the burden. Plus, you probably still have close to the original illness/injury rate that requires ICU. I’d guess creating and staffing ICU capacity is a major cost with a three to five year lead time.

    This all makes a lot of sense.  Also, patients with COVID that end up in ICU are often in there for a fair amount of time, so it's not like E.R. or something where they are in and out in a day.
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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,367
    Im watching  this as i read. Fuckin far out . Was there  a version of this  a few years  back i swear I saw it 
    Two versions Rob, an English version the original and an American version.

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    Never heard of it either. American version has some big names. Is the English version on Amazon too?
  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761
    A question for the ones here in the medical field. I know we have a few nurses and some sales reps in the club. I keep hearing about ICU beds being full or hospitals are out of ICU beds. Why the low number? We are almost two years into this, why haven’t more beds been constructed? Does it not work that way? Illinois has a population of almost 13 million and total number of ICU beds is around 3500. Why not more beds?
    when they say "running out of beds", it's not the physical beds or equipment they are often referring to, it's the nurses and doctors required to staff them. 
    Are you sure 100% of that? I don’t hear that. I hear hospitals are full and beds are full.
    My sister-in-law is a nurse and said the same thing. It's not always the beds. It's the staffing. If there aren't enough nurses to care for the patients, they can't fill beds even if they are empty.

    In late April when local Covid hospitalizations were way down here, my mom spent four days in an emergency room bed because the hospital did not have the staff to treat her in a regular unit. It was ridiculous.
  • Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

    The last two years seemed to fly by (but that could just be me?)


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  • SpunkieSpunkie Posts: 6,676
    Germany studies how effective booster is after time...


  • benjs said:
    So I have a few friends that are borderline Q and are firm believers that the vaccine is bioterrorism and the show Utopia is gospel.

    How the F do you tell them that this isn't really happening?
    It takes an immense amount of effort to un-brainwash someone who's been brainwashed. When such a substantial percentage of a population have been persuaded to ignore what their eyes and ears tell them, and that there's only one truthful source of knowledge (who themselves are untruthful), I don't understand how there's coming back from that. Emotionally fuelled, convinced that the opposition party explicitly wants to bring upon their silencing, and that only their party of choice puts their interests into consideration, validated by the peers they grew up with and respect... call me a cynic, but I don't see how anything returns to normalcy.
    That is disheartening...
  • mace1229 said:
    Im watching  this as i read. Fuckin far out . Was there  a version of this  a few years  back i swear I saw it 
    Two versions Rob, an English version the original and an American version.

    "Where is Jessica Hyde?"
    Top 30 Jessica Hyde GIFs  Find the best GIF on Gfycat
    Never heard of it either. American version has some big names. Is the English version on Amazon too?
    We are watching the original English/British version on Amazon, yes.
  • brianlux said:
    Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

    The last two years seemed to fly by (but that could just be me?)


    Anybody think cases are rising because we have gone back to our old ways?  Less social distancing, gathering in groups again?
  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 4,858
    brianlux said:
    Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

    The last two years seemed to fly by (but that could just be me?)


    Anybody think cases are rising because we have gone back to our old ways?  Less social distancing, gathering in groups again?
    I am not sure. Where I live, most people treated it like it wasn't a big deal and didn't make much effort to wear masks, get vaccinated or avoid gatherings. The numbers here have gone up quite a bit in the last 2 weeks, but I don't think there has been any real change in people's behaviors to have caused it. 
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,605
    brianlux said:
    Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

    The last two years seemed to fly by (but that could just be me?)


    Anybody think cases are rising because we have gone back to our old ways?  Less social distancing, gathering in groups again?

    waning immunities or not vaxxed to start with
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  • brianlux said:
    Crazy. Almost 2 years in and 8 months since my first dose.

    Although 74 percent of its population is fully vaccinated, the state of Vermont is experiencing its largest surge of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

    Throughout the past week, coronavirus infections have jumped 54 percent along with an 18 percent increase in hospitalizations. According to the Vermont Department of Health, six new deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 complications across the state. Ninety percent of those hospitalized in intensive care units in the state are unvaccinated. According to local news station NBC 5, unvaccinated people are 15 times more likely to be hospitalized due to a COVID-19 infection.

    More than 400 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 in New Hampshire at the start of the week, breaking the record set last winter.

    New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu directed hospitals to set up COVID-19 "surge centers" using space normally reserved for such things as outpatient care.

    "Every day for the next several weeks, we're likely to see a new high in COVID hospitalizations in New Hampshire," said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. "With over 1,000 new cases a day, that number's not going to do anything but continue to go up."

    Maine likewise is struggling with record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday activated as many as 75 members of the National Guard to help out.

    "The vast majority of patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated. That's especially true of critical care patients," said Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, the state's biggest health network. "It requires a tremendous amount of our resources to provide care."

    Rhode Island's largest hospital system, Lifespan, said staffing shortages are at never-before-seen crisis levels, while Kent Hospital said it is near capacity and is considering delaying non-urgent procedures.

    Elsewhere around the country, Indiana has seen COVID-19 hospital admissions double in the last month and is approaching levels not seen since this time a year ago, before vaccines were widely available.

    The number of people in intensive care in Minnesota has reached the highest level during the pandemic, with 98 percent of ICU beds occupied. Teams of military medics have been sent into Michigan and New Mexico.

    Vermont Seeing Largest COVID Surge of Pandemic, Despite 74 Percent of Residents Vaccinated (msn.com)

    The last two years seemed to fly by (but that could just be me?)


    Anybody think cases are rising because we have gone back to our old ways?  Less social distancing, gathering in groups again?
    I am not sure. Where I live, most people treated it like it wasn't a big deal and didn't make much effort to wear masks, get vaccinated or avoid gatherings. The numbers here have gone up quite a bit in the last 2 weeks, but I don't think there has been any real change in people's behaviors to have caused it. 
    it's amazing how people equated not catching it to "it's no big deal" rather than "this masking thing works"
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,605
    plans to booster in 2 weeks. walk in allowed. hope to get #2 shingrix the same day.
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  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    mickeyrat said:
    plans to booster in 2 weeks. walk in allowed. hope to get #2 shingrix the same day.

    yup - got my tdap booster while I was at the clinic yesterday

    now safe from tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis too!
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