BE AFRAID ! VERY AFRAID.
Well, just like with the fake scare stories of WMD which our “free press” recycled from Iraq, to Syria, to Iran to keep us Scared, now they are recycling the “Hospitals-Overflowing-with-CoVid-Patients-Story” in order to keep people afraid (that’s OK, people have short memories, and it worked great the last time!) These Propaganda guys need to get some better writers. Hey ! I’m a GREAT writer ! And REALLY Funny ! Maybe I can get a job at the CIA !!!
Recall at the beginning of the Co-Vid 1984 Hysteria all we heard about was how the hospitals were over-run with CoVid Patients ? They were building make-shift hospitals in Stadiums and Convention Centers and the Navy sent Hospital Ships to NYC. None ever got used … but it sure stimulated the economy for certain people as all the local businesses were shut down (not by CoVid but by State and Local Governments).
As these stories of over-flowing hospitals were in all the MSM, people were going around NYC and documenting with cell phone videos how the hospitals were literally Ghost Towns (which “Fact Checkers” de-bunked, as they are now, because, yes, they may be empty, but only because they’ve stopped elective surgeries and WILL be over-run with the expected “Surge” and then the “2nd Wave” and I think we are now on the “3rd Wave”, but I may have lost count). But, hey, this “Scare-you-all-again-with-a-recycled-made-up-scare-story” is working! A friend of mine just recently told me that she was afraid because she heard that all hospitals and all the ICU beds were full and over-flowing. All one needs to do is go to Health and Human Services.gov and you can see hospital capacity for both regular and ICU beds for every County for every State and see that these “news stories” are simply not True, in particular for CA where you see the percentage of occupied ICU beds ranges from 73 to 86%. And money-making hospitals like to be at about 90%, and by law they must flex to 125%, and most can do 200% even 300%. Go to: https://healthdata.gov/dataset/covid-19-estimated-patient-impact-and-hospital-capacity-state/resource/82e733c6-7baa-4c65#{query:{from:100},view-graph:{graphOptions:{hooks:{processOffset:{},bindEvents:{}}}},graphOptions:{hooks:{processOffset:{},bindEvents:{}}},view-grid:{columnsWidth:[{column:!Percentage++of++Staffed++Adult++ICU++Beds++Occupied++Estimated,width:441}]}} and you’ll see this:
Well, not only have they recycled this Fake Story, but this time they’ve turned it up to 11 !!! I type into Google just: “la hos” and see this:
Look at the 3rd one down: Not only do the Hospitals have no beds, they are running out of Oxygen !!! Be VERY SCARED !!!
This story is being repeated verbatim in just about every MSM outlet in the country. I read a little ways down in one (https://abc7.com/covid-19-coronavirus-covid-christmas-los-angeles/9075976/) and found:
Dr. Anu Seshadri with UCLA Health says although there's not a shortage of supplies in her hospital system, standalone oxygen tanks and plastic tubing are vital to this fight.
So, the Article debunks itself, but that’s OK because most people just read the Headlines or listen to NPR or Rachel on MSNBC.
The BEST place to read about this Oxygen Crisis is:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/la-county-running-dangerously-low-oxygen-treat-covid-19
Why is it the best ? Well, just go to the Comment section and you’ll see !
Some of this stuff is so ridiculous it blows my mind ... e.g., from the information in these articles I calculate that CoVid Patients have a respiration rate of 700 breaths/minute or 12 breaths per second (which you can double if they are only on 50% oxygen instead of 100% oxygen).
No wonder we needed all those ventilator machines that it turned out we didn’t need, and in fact killed patients, but buying them all sure helped out some parts of the economy as all the small businesses were forced to shut down (not due to CoVid but due to Governments).
So, pure complete made-up news “Story”, but presumably a "very good story" as it scares the shit out of 99% of the public who read it; and though completely fraudulent, I'm sure these “Stories” are all written by "very good reporters".
So, BE AFRAID ! VERY AFRAID ! They’ve turned it up to 11 !
There is one way to save yourself from CoVid and end this Crisis (guaranteed):
Take all your masks and tape them over the front of your TV set until it is completely covered. Then the masks would actually be doing something useful. And if everyone did this, the Crisis would end within a day. Guaranteed.
TimE.
Thanks Michael --
But, you know, the whole point of this Blog is DATA vs Narrative.
I'm pretty convinced that Narrative always wins ...
Well, there is that one small exception every once in awhile, that proves the rule.
I remember when Trish, Wolfie (my guy) and Leo (Trish's dog) and I were out and about, and Leo startled some deer, and one of the baby deer "ran over Trish" !
So, it's more like DATA are the deer, and, Narratives are the cars.
Best I see, it's about a million to one, cars winning Big TimE.
I really don't see that changing ... Human Nature.
Yes, 11 now. I had forgotten that Spinal Tap scene. Perfect.
And what do you get for your effort? Scorn and ridicule. From those who do not see.
Grim times to be sure. Hopefully the "White Hats" show themselves soon.
Wait, might be the White Hats ARE talking!
Excellent work Star ship Captain!