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DON.MAC [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 5:51:44 AM  
I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times
 
Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 6:08:04 AM  
Sure, there's no ICU beds, but have you checked the only indicator that matters, the Bald Eagle Tears of Pride Freedom Meter? That's off the charts!

Well, it would be, but the guy who changes it called off sick the last nineteen days.
 
Nidiot
2022-01-18 6:16:16 AM  
Worst mild disease ever.
 
HighlanderRPI
2022-01-18 6:45:42 AM  
Ooooooooooooklahoma where disease runs rampant o'er the plains!
 
Gubbo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 7:41:45 AM  
Why are all these rugged disease deniers even going to the hospital in the first place
 
wademh [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:27:18 AM  
Only 5 in 100 getting really sick, instead of 10 in 100 is milder. But when 3 times as many get sick, you get more people needing a hospital bed. And it may be closer to 4 times as many getting sick because many people are simply skipping the whole getting tested part unless they get real sick.
 
Karma Chameleon
2022-01-18 8:33:44 AM  

DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times


wat
 
Shaggy_C
2022-01-18 8:34:59 AM  
Sounds like rugged individualists who become desperately sick should take personal responsibility and travel out of state to find ICU beds.

/Bonus points if they take a flight
//And dicknose their mask, because of course they do
///Freedumb
 
inglixthemad
2022-01-18 8:36:07 AM  
I bet if you send all of the unvaccinated by choice to palliative care, the ICU bed problem would be solved.

Don't call me cruel... I'm not the one who made them not get a freely available vaccine. Assuming they don't have a medical condition that prevents vaccination, and the vaccine is approved for their age group:

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SVC_conservative [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:36:12 AM  

wademh: Only 5 in 100 getting really sick, instead of 10 in 100 is milder. But when 3 times as many get sick, you get more people needing a hospital bed. And it may be closer to 4 times as many getting sick because many people are simply skipping the whole getting tested part unless they get real sick.


If ambulance A leaves a scene 4 miles away at 30 miles per hour for city central hospital at 8:30am with a sick unvaccinated COVID patient, and ambulance B leaves a scene 12 miles away at 70 miles per hour for city central hospital at 8:46am with a sick unvaccinated COVID patient, when does the gofundme and prayer warrior post get put on facebook?
 
AuralArgument [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:36:57 AM  
Karma Chameleon:

Tl;DR

Dude met a doctor who worked under a family connection.

Doctor had a way too young girlfriend.

As the doctor realized that the dude knew his boss way too personally, the girlfriend became his niece and stopped sitting on his lap
 
Father_Jack [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:41:20 AM  

DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times


cool story bro
 
Feel_the_velvet
2022-01-18 8:41:49 AM  
Dozens of Patients Wait for ICU Beds As Oklahoma City Hospitals Declare They've Run Out

FYI:  You can actually have a bed delivered to your home from Casper.com.  I think it has like a 30-day satisfaction guaranteed trial program, too.
 
Headso
2022-01-18 8:43:01 AM  
They should offer money to go home like they do with flights, you get 4 times the cost of a short icu stay and then you die at home.
 
Xai
2022-01-18 8:43:36 AM  
Strange how in the significantly higher vaccinated countries like the UK we aren't seeing the collapse of our healthcare despite far beyond record case numbers, isn't it?
 
Deathfrogg
2022-01-18 8:44:36 AM  

Xai: Strange how in the significantly higher vaccinated countries like the UK we aren't seeing the collapse of our healthcare despite far beyond record case numbers, isn't it?


Remember the most important thing is to save the taxpayer's money.
 
Father_Jack [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:45:13 AM  
my whole family in the US has had covid at this point. Let me list them for you:

my dad, his wife. Trumpers but vaxxed.
my sister, her husband, their 3 small kids. non-Trumpers, all vaxed.
1 aunt, Trumper, vaxed, 1 uncle, Trumper, non-vaxed.

only one other aunt and uncle set havent gotten covid that they know of.

guess which of the above got sick and ended up in the hospital for a week (and is still there but will probably recover)? go on, guess.
 
SVC_conservative [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:45:42 AM  

Headso: They should offer money to go home like they do with flights, you get 4 times the cost of a short icu stay and then you die at home.


I've actually heard rumors of hospitals doing just this, giving gift cards apologizing for ER waits and directing them to nearby hospitals (of competing health systems) so that their load is lightened.
 
Father_Jack [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:46:42 AM  

Xai: Strange how in the significantly higher vaccinated countries like the UK we aren't seeing the collapse of our healthcare despite far beyond record case numbers, isn't it?


the NHS collapses quietly with a stiff upper lip.
 
iheartscotch
2022-01-18 8:46:42 AM  

DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times


10/10...spectacular!

You had me right up until the girlfriend became a niece.
 
squidloe
2022-01-18 8:47:14 AM  

AuralArgument: Karma Chameleon:

Tl;DR

Dude met a doctor who worked under a family connection.

Doctor had a way too young girlfriend.

As the doctor realized that the dude knew his boss way too personally, the girlfriend became his niece and stopped sitting on his lap


Why flex that you know the doc's boss? So his girlfriend was young, and? Was she underaged, then the OP should have notified the authorities. If not, mind your business.
 
PunGent
2022-01-18 8:47:47 AM  

wademh: Only 5 in 100 getting really sick, instead of 10 in 100 is milder. But when 3 times as many get sick, you get more people needing a hospital bed. And it may be closer to 4 times as many getting sick because many people are simply skipping the whole getting tested part unless they get real sick.


Math is for liberal pussies.  Wave your flag and shoot your gun at the virus, show it how patriotic you are!

/actual GOP strategy
//not for use in civilized countries
///of limited utility against Covid
 
Dafatone
2022-01-18 8:48:11 AM  
Omicron is milder than Delta. Delta was (hotter? Stronger? Tougher? What is the opposite of mild?) worse than original Covid.

Omicron is in the ballpark of original Covid.
 
flood222
2022-01-18 8:48:49 AM  

Father_Jack: my whole family in the US has had covid at this point. Let me list them for you:

my dad, his wife. Trumpers but vaxxed.
my sister, her husband, their 3 small kids. non-Trumpers, all vaxed.
1 aunt, Trumper, vaxed, 1 uncle, Trumper, non-vaxed.

only one other aunt and uncle set havent gotten covid that they know of.

guess which of the above got sick and ended up in the hospital for a week (and is still there but will probably recover)? go on, guess.


Please list their charts too.  Then we can see the full picture and not just your ego.
 
4seasons85! [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:49:09 AM  
Don't read the comments like I did. Apparently I like to torture myself before work.
 
iheartscotch
2022-01-18 8:49:12 AM  

Xai: Strange how in the significantly higher vaccinated countries like the UK we aren't seeing the collapse of our healthcare despite far beyond record case numbers, isn't it?


It's almost like the vaccine works better than putting everything on Red....

/ gambling reference
 
PunGent
2022-01-18 8:49:48 AM  

SVC_conservative: wademh: Only 5 in 100 getting really sick, instead of 10 in 100 is milder. But when 3 times as many get sick, you get more people needing a hospital bed. And it may be closer to 4 times as many getting sick because many people are simply skipping the whole getting tested part unless they get real sick.

If ambulance A leaves a scene 4 miles away at 30 miles per hour for city central hospital at 8:30am with a sick unvaccinated COVID patient, and ambulance B leaves a scene 12 miles away at 70 miles per hour for city central hospital at 8:46am with a sick unvaccinated COVID patient, when does the gofundme and prayer warrior post get put on facebook?


Both ambulance drivers should unload their patients on a nice sanitary median strip, and go look for someone worth saving.

/it's like the trolley problem
 
Headso
2022-01-18 8:50:27 AM  

Xai: Strange how in the significantly higher vaccinated countries like the UK we aren't seeing the collapse of our healthcare despite far beyond record case numbers, isn't it?


You don't even need to leave the country, MA for example currently has ICU bed space in all counties with some counties as low as 60% occupied. We are 92.9% with at least 1 does.

https://stacker.com/massachusetts/counties-lowest-hospital-bed-capacity-massachusetts
 
aungen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 8:52:16 AM  

Karma Chameleon: DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times

wat


It's Oklahoma, Jake...
 
munko
2022-01-18 8:53:38 AM  
I encountered the same scenario just three years ago and multiple times as my father was going thru bouts of severe rhuematoid arthritis and because of the side effects of the treatments, his organs were failing.  He had to go to the hospital ER multiple times back then.  Each time, he spent at the min. 24 hrs. in the ER waiting for beds to open up to be moved to a room.  It was the same scenario painted in the article, and all anyone here thinks is it's something new and most likely Trump's fault.
 
Salmon
2022-01-18 8:53:46 AM  

iheartscotch: DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times

10/10...spectacular!

You had me right up until the girlfriend became a niece.


maybe his girlfriend is his neice.
 
ctighe2353
2022-01-18 8:53:47 AM  

Nidiot: Worst mild disease ever.


I'm 2 weeks into my mild illness. Strength is back but congestion is way up and as of yesterday I pee out my butt.

2022 sucks
 
marklar [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:55:32 AM  

iheartscotch: DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times

10/10...spectacular!

You had me right up until the girlfriend became a niece.


Someone posted the Cliff notes version above...
 
Sexy Jesus
2022-01-18 8:55:33 AM  
It is easy to fix. They do it already, it's called triage.  Two people present, one vaxxed, one unvaxxed and you give the bed to the vaxxed.
 
hobnail [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:56:30 AM  

AuralArgument: Karma Chameleon:

Tl;DR

Dude met a doctor who worked under a family connection.

Doctor had a way too young girlfriend.

As the doctor realized that the dude knew his boss way too personally, the girlfriend became his niece and stopped sitting on his lap


Also the niece was part bobcat.
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 8:56:44 AM  

munko: most likely Trump's fault


Maybe if your boy didn't politicize wearing masks and generally making his followers even more stupid there wouldn't be as much of a problem.
 
The Official Fark Cajun
2022-01-18 8:57:01 AM  

Gubbo: Why are all these rugged disease deniers even going to the hospital in the first place


Because they're pussies who lack the courage of their convictions when shiat gets real.
 
PunGent
2022-01-18 8:57:32 AM  

munko: it's something new


Nope.

and most likely Trump's fault.

Mostly.

"I take no responsibility at all" isn't the best Weeners to a pandemic.

/direct farking quote
 
aungen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 8:58:19 AM  

Sexy Jesus: It is easy to fix. They do it already, it's called triage.  Two people present, one vaxxed, one unvaxxed and you give the bed to the vaxxed.


Difficulty: Everyone has a fake vax card, even the legitimately vaxed, because they ran out of vax cards and it was easier to buy the fake ones and fill those out at the vaccination centers.
 
aungen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 8:59:05 AM  
/also, don't believe anything you read on the internet
 
mehhhhhh
2022-01-18 8:59:18 AM  
Ok. Imma bout to get in trouble.

I have 2 nieces. I include them in this statement.

All citizens of the United States should have to report to a vaccination center. If they have no REAL reason to not get an vaccine (no religious exceptions, no exceptions for anyone who won't simply die from inoculation), either get the jab or a tap from a restrained bolt to the base of the skull (no reason to waste drugs or bullets). I'm tired of stupid people farking up life for people who aren't absolutely the most ignorant, stupid, selfish, farkered, uneducated people in the world.

/mods, I'll be seeing you in a week.
 
PunGent
2022-01-18 9:00:35 AM  

iheartscotch: DON.MAC: I've seen an conservative Okie change their stance on something.

I meet a couple on a dive boat off Australia.  He was a doctor from Tulsa and she was much younger and very appreciative of the holiday trip downunder.  I asked him if he was from that religious Oral Roberts hospital and he said no and mentioned where he worked.  "Oh you would know Mr X then?"   He said he worked for Mr X. I knew that Mr X was the hospital president.  I said Mr X oldest daughter had considered his same specialty but went into Vet school and was now working at the zoo.  His GF asked me about how she liked it and I pointed out she brought home lion cubs for a holiday to make sure they were properly taken care of so they had lions cubs tormenting their cat. At that point the doctor decided I knew way too much about his bosses family.  His poor girlfriend became a niece sometime during that trip and had to stopped sitting on his lap.

/the house cat was half bobcat
//and a sadist
///and wasn't going to let 3 larger lions take over his turf but he did get slapped around enough to retreat at times

10/10...spectacular!

You had me right up until the girlfriend became a niece.


Had me right up until "a conservative changed his mind"...
 
mrwhippy
2022-01-18 9:00:38 AM  
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someonelse
2022-01-18 9:01:07 AM  

munko: I encountered the same scenario just three years ago and multiple times as my father was going thru bouts of severe rhuematoid arthritis and because of the side effects of the treatments, his organs were failing.  He had to go to the hospital ER multiple times back then.  Each time, he spent at the min. 24 hrs. in the ER waiting for beds to open up to be moved to a room.  It was the same scenario painted in the article, and all anyone here thinks is it's something new and most likely Trump's fault.


You're describing waiting in the ED for a regular room. Most hospitals experience this occasionally. We're talking about waiting in hallways to even get seen in the ED. And it's happening on a much larger scale.
 
Father_Jack [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 9:02:28 AM  

flood222: Father_Jack: my whole family in the US has had covid at this point. Let me list them for you:

my dad, his wife. Trumpers but vaxxed.
my sister, her husband, their 3 small kids. non-Trumpers, all vaxed.
1 aunt, Trumper, vaxed, 1 uncle, Trumper, non-vaxed.

only one other aunt and uncle set havent gotten covid that they know of.

guess which of the above got sick and ended up in the hospital for a week (and is still there but will probably recover)? go on, guess.

Please list their charts too.  Then we can see the full picture and not just your ego.


my.... ego?

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Father_Jack [TotalFark]
2022-01-18 9:03:31 AM  

aungen: /also, don't believe anything you read on the internet


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kozlo [OhFark]
2022-01-18 9:04:55 AM  
Not so CSB:

Found out yesterday that a patient of mine was in the ER and left against medical advice on Sunday. I called the guy to tell him get back in there, because he's Covid positive and based on his history and the blood they were able to pull its not looking so great for him. His wife was biatching about how they had to wait 6 hours and they watched the national guard drinking coffee and doing nothing, meanwhile I have patients currently admitted that had to wait 4 DAYS in the ER for a bed.

/F@ckers in the ED had the balls to tell this guy that he got Covid from seeing me last week in clinic
//much like the discussion over in the pol tab this morning, too many people think they're vips and they're getting/going to get special treatment
///Fred_Thompson.tiff
 
fargin a
2022-01-18 9:05:48 AM  

AuralArgument: Karma Chameleon:

Tl;DR

Dude met a doctor who worked under a family connection.

Doctor had a way too young girlfriend.

As the doctor realized that the dude knew his boss way too personally, the girlfriend became his niece and stopped sitting on his lap


Isn't it worse that his niece was sitting on his lap? Out of the pan and into the fire?

Nice recovery there doc.
 
dodecahedron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-01-18 9:06:39 AM  

Nidiot: Worst mild disease ever.


So many idiots thought "milder than Delta" meant "mild." FAFO time.
 
fargin a
2022-01-18 9:08:10 AM  

Father_Jack: my whole family in the US has had covid at this point. Let me list them for you:

my dad, his wife. Trumpers but vaxxed.
my sister, her husband, their 3 small kids. non-Trumpers, all vaxed.
1 aunt, Trumper, vaxed, 1 uncle, Trumper, non-vaxed.

only one other aunt and uncle set havent gotten covid that they know of.

guess which of the above got sick and ended up in the hospital for a week (and is still there but will probably recover)? go on, guess.


The old, weak, fat ones? Need more details
 
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