COVID Admissions Break Records At Some FL Hospitals

The New York Times reports:

A month ago, the number of Covid-19 patients admitted at two University of Florida hospitals in Jacksonville was down to 14. Now more than 140 people are hospitalized with the virus, a tenfold increase over five weeks — and the highest number of Covid patients this system has seen since the start of the pandemic.

Debra Wells, 65, was among those admitted to one of the hospitals earlier this month when what she thought was a cold grew worse and worse until she couldn’t breathe. “I said, ‘Lord, I feel like I’m dying,’” she recalled.

Like most of the patients that hospital officials say they are admitting in Jacksonville and other fast-filling medical facilities in pockets around the country, Ms. Wells was unvaccinated. She had worried, she said, that the shots were not safe.

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Back in April, Gov. DeSantis welcomed the UFC to Florida for a sold out event to boast his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He stood in front of UFC fans and called Florida an “Oasis of freedom.”

This is what happens when you value political theatrics over logic & science. https://t.co/He8ODtkyxQ

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