Badger of Basra posted:

https://twitter.com/nataliemj10/status/1428331850586599428?s=20

Lmao

zoux posted:

The amount of non-factual and outright wrong reporting I see on topics I know stuff about makes me question how seriously I should take reporting regarding things I don't know stuff about

PostNouveau posted:

I always feel bad for the reporter, who extremely likely had nothing to do with the headline but will catch all the poo poo for it.

This is what happens when you fire all your copy editors and outsource the job to some "hub" in Jacksonville.

quote:

But after a week-long church camp,

quote:

By the time Rodriguez, 42, changed her mind and asked for the shot, it was too late, her doctor said.

DangerZoneDelux posted:

It was still a small town about 10 years ago dude. And being an hour drive from Austin and 30-45 from San Antonio is nothing for Texans but that’s a pretty long drive for almost everywhere else in the States. I am finally looking into moving out of Houston to a place with better outdoor life and the short drives to poo poo like mountains or the beach is pretty mind blowing

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1428359960379871241

Galveston couple dies on consecutive days, leaving four orphans.

Mmm hmm.

Because vaccines are not treatments

DangerZoneDelux posted:

It was still a small town about 10 years ago dude. And being an hour drive from Austin and 30-45 from San Antonio is nothing for Texans but that’s a pretty long drive for almost everywhere else in the States. I am finally looking into moving out of Houston to a place with better outdoor life and the short drives to poo poo like mountains or the beach is pretty mind blowing

zoux posted:

Because vaccines are not treatments

Badger of Basra posted:

https://twitter.com/nataliemj10/status/1428331850586599428?s=20

Lmao

Blotto_Otter posted:

The name of the dang metropolitan statistical area is the "San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA", you don't get your name put on San Antonio's metro area and still get called "remote". The only parts of the States where "30 miles" is "a pretty long drive" are places like Los Angeles and NYC.

(Anyway the article isn't that terrible, but the original headline on top of it poisoned the well.)

I am curious though - are regular people like this getting antibody treatments like regeneron? I wish that would get covered more if so, to drive home that the treatments we have are still far less effective than just being vaccinated.

Panty Saluter posted:

reasons to visit new braunfels:

• schlitterbahn
  
• bahn
  
• bahn
  

chglcu posted:

The Bananana posted:

loving thin the herd.
Rack 'em 'n stack 'em.

Panty Saluter posted:

reasons to visit new braunfels:

• schlitterbahn
  
• 
  

chglcu posted:

Panty Saluter posted:

reasons to visit new braunfels:

• schlitterbahn
  
• 
  

DangerZoneDelux posted:

It was still a small town about 10 years ago dude. And being an hour drive from Austin and 30-45 from San Antonio is nothing for Texans but that’s a pretty long drive for almost everywhere else in the States. I am finally looking into moving out of Houston to a place with better outdoor life and the short drives to poo poo like mountains or the beach is pretty mind blowing

Badger of Basra posted:

I feel like “outlying” is even less true than “remote” is

The Bananana posted:

loving thin the herd.
Rack 'em 'n stack 'em.

Big Beef City posted:

Leave and never come back.

PostNouveau posted:

- float the river
- German immigrant history stuff

Panty Saluter posted:

reasons to visit new braunfels:

• schlitterbahn
  
• 
  

Twibbit posted:

Most the tourists ask me for river tubes so I assume that is a draw too.

Target has never sold river tubes please stop asking me about them

George H.W. oval office posted:

I like the Gristmill and Gruene Hall. Add it to the list!

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The online meeting involving several dozen doctors representing many area hospitals took place Monday. Afterward, in his email, co-chair Fine summarized decisions made by the task force. He boiled it down to three bullet points. Here they are:

1. “COVID-19 vaccination decreases severe infection and death. Vaccine status therefore may be considered when making triage decisions as part of the physician’s assessment of each individual’s likelihood of survival.”

2. “When vaccination status is considered, accommodations may be needed when the reason for non-vaccination is beyond the patient’s control such as but not limited to caretaker refusal to have a disabled dependent vaccinated, recent COVID-19 infection, or medical contraindication.”

3. “Many are understandably angry and frustrated with the unvaccinated, but triage must remain grounded upon likelihood of survival. Health care professionals should continue to honor duties of care and compassion.”

Fine concludes, “I encourage the medical professionals on the task force to share these ideas within their respective organization ethics committees, triage committees and/or any physicians who might be involved in triage decisions.”

....

This change will only go into effect if the region’s hospitals agree to call for a Level 3 alert, which puts hospitals in a crisis stage. Fine says he worries that this could happen in two weeks or so.

Using vaccination status in admittance determinations, he says, is an issue that has “been bubbling under the surface.”

Under the new guideline, vaccination status cannot be the single factor, but one of many.

The goal, Casanova said, is and always has been “to save as many lives as possible.”

He gives an example of two patients admitted, and one is vaccinated and the other isn’t. Doctors use scoring to determine who has a better chance of surviving the hospital stay. That patient, vaccinated or not, would get the bed, doctors say.

Doctors and nurses are “soul tired,” Casanova said. “Folks in the trenches are in a bad place now. We’re telling them ‘Here’s the guidelines. Here’s what we have to do. … But remember the cornerstone of our being a health care professional is compassion, mercy and empathy.’”

Under the old guidelines released in January, vaccination status was not mentioned.

Fine said, “This does not move a COVID-19 patient to the back of the line. It is one of many factors that may be considered, and we want it considered based not upon somebody being angry at the unvaccinated subconsciously. We want it considered on an objective basis.” That basis is, what is the likelihood of survival?

Fine explained, “You can’t penalize people by a group or class and just drop all of them to the end of the line just because they’re not vaccinated.”

Dameius posted:

https://twitter.com/tenaciouspm/status/1428117519492079621?s=20

IT BURNS posted:

No Ganksta N-I-P? Lame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSjzw05kZMc

zoux posted:

Mississippi health officials reported today that they have less than 10 beds and 96 patients that need them.

zoux posted:

crossposting

https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1428438745569763333

Well, I know this idea was in the general discourse, but looks like they are looking how to implement it, at least in north Texas.

The major concern here are that historically disadvantaged socioeconomic groups tend to be under vaccinated. TX is in relatively better shape than the other Southern states, we have a few hundred ICU beds (of course, in a state this size, if they run out in DFW, a hundred ICU beds in Amarillo aren't gonna help much) - Mississippi health officials reported today that they have less than 10 beds and 96 patients that need them.

Badger of Basra posted:

Do you think they each got some kind of specific concession or did they just get tired of being in DC

Proud Christian Mom posted:

yeah this screams "rich whites need ICU beds"