it was a different paper, there are a bunch of these out there right now https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-100956/v3
Here's a good article in explaining the confusion from other articles: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-to-stop-hoping-for-a-covid-19-miracle-cure/
If we survive long enough for historians to investigate this.. Rand Paul should lose his medical license over stuff like. I'm not joking.
This is all thanks to Trump, his brown nosing clones like Abbott, Cruz, and Paxton, and the selfish no mask no vaccinations Trump Cult! Greg Abbott needs to go! Sooner than later.
never find yourself on the side of those that would criminalize or censor speech it's immoral, and an indicator they lack conviction that their ideas can withstand scrutiny
It's especially wrong when it's done by the government or people in government power. Rand Paul tried to get Chief Justice Roberts to publicly name the whistleblower through his written question during the impeachment trial. After Roberts refuses to do so, Paul named the whistleblower himself. He is a free speech hypocrite when he did that, by using his position to punish the speech of the whistleblower. Instead of engaging the actual content, he went after the person. This move by him will cause all future whistleblowers to think twice before they go forward for the fear of death threats and oppression by not just the crazies in society but government officials. It's immoral and he lacks conviction in his ideas and instead chooses to put the whistleblower in danger.
Immoral and ideas that can't stand scrutiny? So you are good with someone yelling "fire" in a crowded theater? Or is this criminally dangerous "free speech" somehow OK, even though many many more people are in danger from the anti-vaxx lies being spread?
Hospitals at 'critical capacity' with COVID cases in Montgomery County Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough was visiting hospitals Monday as capacity reached critical levels as the number of COVID-19 cases soars. In an internal email confirmed by hospital staff Friday, Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital is currently treating 90 patients in its 20-bed emergency department and another 50 are waiting for intensive care unit beds to open up. “We are experiencing an unprecedented COVID-19 surge,” said Dr. Jason Knight, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, in the email. “We need and request that the entire medical staff rally together to help.” Keough — who has vowed not to issue mask mandates — said one issue is the lack of staff. The Montgomery County Public Health District confirmed an increase of 41 total hospitalizations bringing the county’s total to 304. Of those patients, 61 are in critical care beds. The county’s testing positive rate is now 21 percent. “My office and the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has been in contact with the hospitals in our county and I have been advised they have bed capacity but lack adequate staffing to support those beds,” he said Monday. “As a result I’m in the process working on getting surge staffing brought to our local hospitals and expect this to be finalized in commissioners court tomorrow. Previously the state of Texas had brought surge staff to our region but for now they have asked hospitals to work with counties and cities for their needs which we are doing.” A spokesperson for Houston Methodist Hospital confirmed the email was sent confidentially to medical staff. The correspondence asks medical personnel to discharge their patients as quickly as is safely possible to meet demand. Health experts blame the current surge in cases on low vaccination rates and the highly transmissible delta variant. "All Houston hospitals are experiencing crowded ERs," the spokesperson said. "We can confirm our emergency rooms are full around our system of Houston Methodist hospitals as we continue to see a surge in COVID-19 patients." MCPHD also confirmed and increase of 642 in active cases bringing that total to 5,480. The county’s total case county climbed 822 to 62,543. Deaths climbed by one to 357 as a Conroe woman in her 60s died in the hospital and had other health conditions. She was not vaccinated. County health officials have noted the vast majority of new cases and essentially all hospitalizations are in those who are unvaccinated. https://www.yourconroenews.com/neig...cnfeeds&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
may not be directly applicable to Houston but interesting point about hospitals generally "What Do Full Hospitals Really Tell Us About COVID?" https://reason.com/volokh/2021/08/09/what-do-full-hospitals-really-tell-us-about-covid/
