Quote Originally Posted by Dawgfan77 View Post
You got a link?

I have a good friend who works ICU in Jackson works with C19 patients and he is off this week. I would think if it was as bad as you say then he wouldn't be able to take off.
It depends on how many nurses they have in relation to the need. It could be his area is over staffed. You don't need every nurse in the entire hospital to be at work at the same time. Yesterday, every ICU in the Jackson and Meridian areas was on diversion. Now, that is obviously not all due to COVID, and it's not abnormal to be on diversion. But I guess the issue is all of them being on diversion at the same time. The healthcare infrastructure is not great in this state to begin with. But you can always airlift to other hospitals. You can always open up ERs and ORs as ICUs. That happens during flu season. We know what to do. The problem comes in when you have something like a stroke or heart attack where time really does matter.