Covid Hospitalizations Set To Break Record.
The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 will surpass the record set last January before vaccinations were widely available. (Washington Post)
“The United States is poised to surpass its record for covid-19 hospitalizations as soon as Tuesday, with no end in sight to skyrocketing case loads, falling staff levels and the struggles of a medical system trying to provide care amid an unprecedented surge of the coronavirus.
Monday’s total of 141,385 people in U.S. hospitals with covid-19 fell just short of the record of 142,273 set on Jan. 14, 2021, during the previous peak of the pandemic in this country.”
The Omicron Surge is here and caught every health official seriously off guard. The shear size of the surge threatens to overwhelm the entire healthcare system with hospitals stretched far beyond maximum capacity. The majority of America’s population may become infected with the Omicron variant with few weapons left in the arsenal to stop the spread. America decided lockdowns are not the way to go unlike Australia and some European nations. The World will soon find out the most effective approach once this latest surge is over.
