This state is the "titanic" of coronavirus, says the doctor
There is an iceberg with the name of Texas unless its citizens act.
As Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations increase in some states, doctors on front lines sound the alarm by all necessary means. Today, we have issued a warning all too familiar, we only want to hear, for the citizens of his state of Texas: Iceberg, all right!
Referencing the Titanic RMS, around April 1912, John Abikhaled, President of Travis Medical Society County, from Austin, "said YouTubeclip: "The crew's effort to slow down and turn the ship were in vain. »
"We all know what happened next door. »
An overload system
The Iceberg Abikhaled sees is an overload of the system, due to the rush of the patients caused by the doping of coronavirus.
"The doctors of the largest region of Austin have an urgent message for our community. If COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to double the current rate, in less than three weeks, the capacity of our patient health care system will be exceeded, "says Abikhaled, adding that doctors and nurses will be" overwhelmed " This would mean "terrible decisions will have to be taken about who receives care, and who has not," he said. "None of us in need of the medical community for being obliged to make these decisions. »
"Texas is on a collision trajectory with a viral iceberg," he added, "but we do not have to flow. »
An alarm bell resounded
"The video amounts to a thundering alarm sounded by the head of a group that represents more than 4000 doctors in and around the capital of Texas, where cases have reached record summits in recent days," reports theWashington Post. The mortality rate has increased since last month. The state that 221.000 cases and 2845 deaths. "We see 50 to 80 new cases a day in one month. This number has climbed. Now we are witnessing an average of 559 new cases. Everyday. COVID-19 hospitalizations multiplied by four of less than a hundred to 434 patients from July 4th ... in Texas, if the pandemic continues tirelessly, our number of deaths will start resembling the number of New York corps of More than 31,000, "said Abikhaled. (He also noted that "1,517 people died on the Titanic. And we are talking more than more than a century later.")
It begs you to practice social distancing, wear masks in public crowds and avoid.
"In March, April and May, we proved that we could control the spread of the virus for several weeks. We flattened the curve and each Patient Covid-19 received the best possible care. We will have to do for a while, "He said." Nobody knows how long, but we can do it. We must do it. So, please do it for him. As for you. Even: go through this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss theseThings you should never do during the pandemic coronavirus.
