2 Texas counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity
Source: CNN
Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.
Judges in Starr and Hidalgo counties sent out emergency alerts Friday, warning residents that local hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity.
Judge Eloy Vera said there have been 18 deaths in Starr County due to Covid-19 and two severely ill patients had to be flown out of the area for treatment. One of the patients was taken to San Antonio and the other to Dallas, the judge said in the post on Facebook.
Hospitals face 'an explosion of Covid' and signs of another surge as coronavirus case numbers climb
"The local and valley hospitals are at full capacity and have no more beds available. I urge all of our residents to please shelter-in-place, wear face coverings, practice social distancing and AVOID GATHERINGS," he wrote.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/us/texas-hospitals-coronavirus/index.html
genxlib
(5,506 posts)The barn door has been closed while the search for the horse continues.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)The, new and official response:
"You'll have to get used to it."
Supportive words:
"There are more important things than living."
Got unemployment?
"Human capital stock needs incentives in order to benefit from the dignity of work."
bucolic_frolic
(42,663 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)From someone that fell and is in an assisted living center:
>>Dallas County currently has something like 7.6K active COVID cases and around 220 in the hospitals at any given time these days.
Very old and the 3rd fall in a short time. Last time around was bad, real bad and now this. Seems she cannot receive care if she wanted any.
Grins
(7,128 posts)Trump and Miller will blame the Mexicans.
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)and yes, along the border there are poor communities.
I live in San Diego County.
The 5 zipcodes with the HIGHEST coronavirus cases are the 5 closest to the border.
And with the 7 day trend, the top 4 are the zipcodes closest to the border.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)For months Abbott prevented Texas cities and counties from enforcing their mask orders
paleotn
(17,778 posts)mobile hospital units and refrigerated trailers. Stupidity has a price. Very high sometimes.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)getagrip_already
(14,231 posts)fify
eilen
(4,950 posts)to prevent anything. The healthcare facilities are already overwhelmed.
I will pray very hard for Texans tonight. I am in NY. I thought we were the cautionary tale for the nation. It was just horrible.