In a milestone on one wanted to reach, the US broke a record for Covid deaths on Wednesday, December 9. The is the second week in a row the virus has reached frightening new levels in the country, as it races across the nation wracking havoc.
Only last week the highest daily deaths due to Coronavirus peaked at 2,700. This deadly milestone is expected to grow even more in the coming holiday weeks and winter months.
The next awful record the US is about to break is the gasp-worthy total deaths of 300,000 due to Covid-19. Even as the FDA is about to approved vaccines, 2021 is promising to be a very historic, tragic year for America and the entire world.
Other record-breaking includes the way the Pandemic is overwhelming hospitals and from coast to coast. Beds are full in many hospitals and as new patients show up, medical leaders are making tough decisions as to where to treat an overflow of severely ill patients.
The federal Department of Health reports numerous hospitals are seeing often four times their typical number of patients and many operating over 100 percent of their capacity. Many hospitals now are out of e emergency room beds.
One exhausted doctor went on to social media to thank his team and showed the hospital parking lot they were now working in so patients could be taken care of during the incredible surge of virus victims.
ICU physician Jacob Keeperman took the photograph while in his surgical gown and mask, after working his first week in Reno, Nevada COVID ICU. In the photo, he is standing in a parking garage of Renown Regional Medical Center that has been converted into a medical unit for COVID-19 patients.
Our health system has been stretched so taut is breaking. About one-third of Americans, as the New York Times reports, live in parts of the country that are severely short of intensive care beds.
For now, the best advice is to stay home unless you are in dire need of vital supplies such as food or medicine. Wear a mask at all times. Wash your hands every single time you leave your home and never touch your face.
It's Christmas season, but this year, the very best gift you can give your loved ones is to remain home and not expose them to this deadly virus.
There is hope we can now see with the arrival of numerous vaccines.
But this is no time to celebrate.
This is the time to survive. And then - we will grieve.
