Yes.

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Texas doesn’t have statewide guidelines for critical care and triage, which means that caregivers are left to their own local organizing. But tough times like the ones brought on by low vaccination rates and the delta variant require a re-examination of priors. This fourth wave of Covid hospitalizations differs from all the others, because almost everyone who is severely ill is also unvaccinated. In Texas, more than 12,800 people are in the hospital because of Covid-19, and between 93 and 98 percent of them are unvaccinated.

It’s tempting to blame this wave not on the virus but on the people who didn’t get their shots. “This has been bubbling up—this anger, this frustration, this fear, this worry. Every day, we’re seeing the ascent of the curve. Now it’s the steepest it’s ever been,” Fine says. “So I and the other leaders of the task force, we decided, you know, these numbers are not looking good. These questions are coming up."

    • Dirtbag [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Triaging isn’t about who has the most severe reactions, it’s about who has the best chance of survival. If you don’t have enough healthcare supplies / workers then you have to start making those calls.

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          3 years ago

          Thankfully they are very very unlikely to be on their death bed if they get covid.

          That's more or less true for now — exceptions include my grandma — but we've seen that immunity severely wanes over time, so how much longer will it be true for?