Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
We have hit a wall on testing and are only testing those exposed or showing symptoms. No surprise we are over 50% on positive tests. Hospitalizations are rising here and they’ve just announced today they are hitting their limit at hospitals and will be turning away anyone except immediate emergencies (still a bit lower than the previous peak though). Far worse here than at any point during the pandemic so far. Yes hospitalizations may be less as a percentage, but so many more are catching this one it’s still ended up in the same spot. On a personal note they’ve stopped doing routine testing for chronic diseases as well. Means a whole bunch of us who are diabetics and require some guidance to control our disease are now not able to get blood work done. Hitting others hard as well with other issues.
And we are still being held up as doing things well, handling all this better than the rest of the country. We’ve just reached out for military support with testing. So still feeling pretty good about being where I am if I have to go through this.