Quick Update: Gulf Coast COVID numbers

[mrhickory]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

 

[hsvtiger34]

5-7

 

[Huff664]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Thank you for what you do doc

 

[ALHSR14]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Thank you! I read yesterday that MS was asking for the HMS Mercy to come dock down there to help out. I hope you all get that so you can have more hands on deck.

 

[SigBitty]

Damn, if only there were some way to protect yourself from this disease.

 

[tigrdent]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Hang in there Doc. Prayers for you and those being treated.

 

[DavistonTiger]

@mrhickory

I'm pro vaccine. Big fan of them. Can't stress this point enough for the crazies that will reply to me.


Now saying that... I've listened to a few pod cast about covid the last few days and this wasn't from a fringe source, but the thing both these doctors agreed on was that covid was here to stay. That agreed that this type virus couldn't be beat with vaccines or herd immunity, because it could jump from species to species, and therefore we can't stamp it out, or really even stop the mutation of the virus into other forms.

Both agreed the long term hope was that vaccines would keep you from getting deadly sick and that eventually it would morph into a form that was similar to a cold.

This idea goes against the idea that everyone needs to be vaccinated today to stop it from mutating into another form that our vaccines don't protect against, since it's going to mutate regardless of what we do.

Thoughts?

 

[jdAU08]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

 

[tigrdent]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

any new trends in ages of those in ICU?

 

[Tiger Hoops Guy]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

You don’t have to open the thread

 

[jdAU08]

You don’t have to open the thread

"Quick Update: Numbers" - - - Thought this was some inside info in to player numbers or something. Since we're in fall practice and all.

 

[au4life_rz]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Done!!!

 

[SigBitty]

"Quick Update: Numbers" - - - Thought this was some inside info in to player numbers or something. Since we're in fall practice and all.

I’m sorry this is happening to you.

 

[mrhickory]

any new trends in ages of those in ICU?

Currently 42% age 50 and under.

 

[DFY04]

China is asshoe!

 

[AUJMac]

Thanks really appreciate the info. And thoughts and prayers to all those affected by COVID and those on the front lines.

 

[tigrdent]

Currently 55% age 45 and under.

wow...thx..

 

[mrhickory]

wow...thx..

I had to adjust that number as that we admitted a number of patients in their early 50’s yesterday.

 

[au_goat]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Good luck, @mrhickory . None of this sounds too promising for hospital capacity and frontline workers.

 

[Horace From Three]

Prayers for you doc and all those treating over there. It’s not good over here in Baldwin or Mobile county. Wife knew a lady that died yesterday from Fairhope. 40’s. In good health. Unvaccinated.

 

[tigers3014]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

"Quick Update: Numbers" - - - Thought this was some inside info in to player numbers or something. Since we're in fall practice and all.

 

[SH0RTS]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

Its bad up here too, Doc. Wife got an alarming memo from administration about their capacity numbers yesterday

 

[AU HDL]

Currently 55% age 45 and under.

do you believe this is because delta affects the younger cohort in a worse way compared to OG covid or is it more of a function that the older population is more vaccinated and delta is much more transmissible, leading to many more cases in the young and middle aged groups

 

[SH0RTS]

do you believe this is because delta affects the younger cohort in a worse way compared to OG covid or is it more of a function that the older population is more vaccinated and delta is much more transmissible, leading to many more cases in the young and middle aged groups

Yes on both.

 

[jskilgro]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

Easy, Cowboy. He’s one of the good guys.

 

[Auburn93]

He's very correct in saying you have to jump on this virus early before the viral load gets too high. Once that happens, the oxidative stress it creates is difficult to overcome. Patients can go down very rapidly because there is such a thin line between being able to handle all the oxidative stress and not being able to. Had one this week that finally got better and wanted to celebrate and ate Mexican food. It caused her to start coughing violently which made her lung collapse. Two days later, she died.

I've seen the monoclonal antibodies aren't as effective against the Delta strain, maybe @mrhickory can comment on that.

 

[easterwood]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

GFY

 

[SigBitty]

Easy, Cowboy. He’s one of the good guys.

@jdAU08 isn't

 

[aler]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

thanks for the post, I will ask for you get the damn shot why not

 

[Docdumpsta]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

THANKS foe you and SAWBONE and the rezt of the HEALTH CARE folks in dis FAMBLY!!
@stevesawbone

 

[Stumpfan]

@mrhickory

I'm pro vaccine. Big fan of them. Can't stress this point enough for the crazies that will reply to me.


Now saying that... I've listened to a few pod cast about covid the last few days and this wasn't from a fringe source, but the thing both these doctors agreed on was that covid was here to stay. That agreed that this type virus couldn't be beat with vaccines or herd immunity, because it could jump from species to species, and therefore we can't stamp it out, or really even stop the mutation of the virus into other forms.

Both agreed the long term hope was that vaccines would keep you from getting deadly sick and that eventually it would morph into a form that was similar to a cold.

This idea goes against the idea that everyone needs to be vaccinated today to stop it from mutating into another form that our vaccines don't protect against, since it's going to mutate regardless of what we do.

Thoughts?

The less available hosts, the less mutations. The more vaccinated, the less hosts available for mutations. This has been stated over and over by scientists and doctors like @mrhickory.

 

[Mule96]

We passed an unthinkable threshold this morning. Now over 50% of our inpatient beds are now bedded with active COVID patients. 86% of our ICU is now active COVID with 94% of those requiring ventilators. We have pulled doctors from outpatient clinics to come help see those less severe non-Covid patients.

82% of our ER beds are currently inpatient and over 50% of those are COVID as well.

Currently 91% unvaccinated of those admitted with COVID. Only 1 in ICU that has been vaccinated and not on ventilator.

I don’t believe in vaccine mandates and let’s don’t start another thread about that or that people shouldn’t have the right to decide for themselves. This also isn’t a thread about ivermectin or masks. But, we do have many currently hospitalized and in ICU that had been on ivermectin since diagnosis. I don’t care if you take it, just don’t wait too long to get here if you start to decline.

Of note, our governor asked for the USS Comfort/HMS Mercy to make its way here as that our hospitals are the brink of complete collapse.

Just asking for some T’s and P’s for those of us working on the gulf coast and please let it peak soon.

I spoke with an administrator at UAB regarding the bed usages, and he said it was a perfect storm, and though a good portion was Covid related, it was also many other patients that have been putting off treatment for two years and are now in dire need. One patient was putting off stomach pains, turns out he has pancreatic cancer. That was just one example of other issues people are having now which are causing these issues. Any of this in your hospital?

A side note: my 17 year old daughter tested positive for Covid last week while on a trip with another family in the Bahamas, last in our family to get it. She is unvaccinated. Two day summer cold and she is all good. The family, she was with, all fully vaccinated, also tested positive and was vastly more sick than my daughter. So go figure...

 

[PocketWatch]

let’s look at some posssible good news -

if this continues to rage, maybe we’ll play at Penn State and LSU in front of greatly reduced crowds. May be the only way we win both of those.

 

[SigBitty]

I spoke with an administrator at UAB regarding the bed usages, and he said it was a perfect storm, and though a good portion was Covid related, it was also many other patients that have been putting off treatment for two years and are now in dire need. One patient was putting off stomach pains, turns out he has pancreatic cancer. That was just one example of other issues people are having now which are causing these issues. Any of this in your hospital?

A side note: my 17 year old daughter tested positive for Covid last week while on a trip with another family in the Bahamas, last in our family to get it. She is unvaccinated. Two day summer cold and she is all good. The family, she was with, all fully vaccinated, also tested positive and was vastly more sick than my daughter. So go figure...

Username checks out

 

[DavistonTiger]

The less available hosts, the less mutations. The more vaccinated, the less hosts available for mutations. This has been stated over and over by scientists and doctors like @mrhickory.

But don't we want the virus to eventually mutate into a less serious form? Aren't we somewhat delaying what our end goal is?

Also, it can jump from humans to animals. Us small amount of humans comparably don't really matter in the big picture. It will keep on doing it's thing.


I pro vaccine. Take it and save your life. Just food for thought.

 

[mrhickory]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

I updated the thread title so that I could save you the pain/time of reading this further. Didn’t want you to get confused and accidentally click on this thread again…

 

[easterwood]

The less available hosts, the less mutations. The more vaccinated, the less hosts available for mutations. This has been stated over and over by scientists and doctors like @mrhickory.

Yore response is contradicting @DavistonTiger . He mentioned if the virus is able cross species, they will harbor the virus (more hosts, it will mutate regardless of human vaccination). Elimination might not be possible, just lowering symptoms until it attenuates like OC43 might of done with the Russian Flu of 1889.

It's theorized Smallpox was eliminated because humans were the only hosts. It's why the flu isn't eliminated as it has many hosts that humans contact regularly (birds, cows, pigs, etc.)

Humans aren't the only species to be infected by SAR-COV-2. However, you are correct vaccinations will slow mutations due to humans being in more dense populations.

Get the vaccine it GREATLY lowers your chance to get very sick, drain resources, and die. Get the shot to slow it down.

Point being, this is a larger issue.

 

[FeelLikeAStranger]

Thanks doc (@mrhickory)
Hang in there & we appreciate all you and the other frontline healthcare workers are doing.
I also appreciate the updates

 

[grizzlyadams16]

Did people ask for these updates? Isn't there a COVID board here somewhere... good grief.

Go suck on several knobs 🍆

 

[DavistonTiger]

You're response is contradicting @DavistonTiger . He mentioned if the virus is able cross species, they will harbor the virus (more host, it will mutate regardless of human vaccination). Elimination might not be possible, just lowering symptoms until it attenuates like OC43 might of done with the Russian Flu of 1889.

Humans aren't the only specifies to be infected by SAR-COV-2. However, you are correct vaccinations will slow mutations due to humans being in more dense populations.

Agreed...

The bigger question the pod cast was discussing I listened to was...

If covid is here to stay and our goal is to have it morph into a mild illness aren't we just delaying that mutation with vaccines.

The panel was split on that answer.

I'm team vaccine because I believe it will keep you alive, while also allowing for the virus mutation.