Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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Man shot outside Houston grocery store 11 days ago still awaiting treatment b/c hospital overrun with Covid patients.

It's been 10 days since Joel Valdez was shot outside of a Houston grocery store, and he still hasn't been able to undergo surgery, due to his hospital being overcrowded with COVID-19 patients.

Valdez was sitting inside his car on Aug. 6 when he was shot six times, an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of a domestic dispute. He was brought to Ben Taub Hospital, where as of Monday morning the intensive care unit was at 103 percent capacity, with 33 percent of the beds filled with COVID-19 patients, The Washington Post reports.

Valdez was shot three times in his left shoulder and needs surgery, but the hospital is so overwhelmed by COVID-19 that he's still waiting. "Everybody is really surprised I'm still in this bed a week later," he told Fox 26 over the weekend.

"My BoDy My ChOiCe!", "how dare the government force me to wear a mask or require proof of vaccination indoors! The nerve!"

Fuck anti-vaxxers til the end of time.