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crazyfingers 33 points ago +38 / -5

The hospitals are empty because of significantly fewer car accidents, shootings, and people who would otherwise show up for whatever just avoiding the ER at almost all costs. Also all electives being postponed.

Coronavirus patients are being routed elsewhere, and most nurses aren't interested in being re-assigned.

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Southern_Belle 27 points ago +27 / -0

Interesting observation.

Can't wait to see the shooting stats on Chicago and other cities with a traditionally large body count.

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Sandworm 22 points ago +22 / -0

Don't wait, heyjackass.com is an up to date site with Chicago gun violence stats.

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Southern_Belle 11 points ago +11 / -0

Thank you.

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Cyer6 6 points ago +6 / -0

Interesting webpage, thank you. They're still cap'n each other, but the killin' business has dropped a bit.

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Sandworm 6 points ago +6 / -0

Much more difficult to convince people in the hood that an enemy they can't see is more of a threat than the enemies they do see.

Coronavirus might have a 1% chance to kill you, but the cousin of the dude you shot last week has a 100% chance if you let your guard down.

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GeneralBoobs -5 points ago +1 / -6

Uh oh, the stats are climbing. The niggly bears be wakin up!

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ThisTrainHasNoBrakes 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's like when it snows. Murder down. Domestics up. People are animals.

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latinolizards4trump 11 points ago +11 / -0

But but but I thought all hospitals would be overwhelmed?!?!? What happened?

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SnowflakeJuice 3 points ago +3 / -0

True fact. I also happen to know a few non profit organizations that set up makeshift hospitals to treat corona-virus patients. A large percentage of thise who are hospitalized are not coming out.

Hospital are not allowing relative in to make decisions for incapacitated relatives, and ventilators appear to be killing more than they are helping

https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/nyc-doctor-says-coronavirus-ventilator-settings-are-too-high/

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TonsOfSalt 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's because they used ARDSnet criteria, and people are starting to realize it's not ARDS but some kind of shunting defect.

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SnowflakeJuice 1 point ago +1 / -0

Dr. seemed to indicate it may be a blood virus that prevents the hemoglobin from transporting oxygen

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TonsOfSalt 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's highly variable oxygenation with patient position, implying some kind if impaired diffusion capacity, which could mean something like micro embolisms. Prone positioning wouldn't do anything for a process that was purely an impairment of hemoglobin. I'm not saying its not happening, but there it's at least something else going on in the picture

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MAGA_4_Life 2 points ago +2 / -0

A caller on Rush the other day suggested hemolungs should be being used as opposed to ventilators. Smaller/easier to manufacture and in his opinion better suited to help people breathe. Rush was semi-dismissive of him, but they went to break and checked him out and he was actually the director of an anesthesiology department like he claimed to be.