“For the first time since July, our COVID-19 ICU unit at Cox South — the one built in two weeks in early 2020 — is empty!
We know this fight is not yet over, but rejoice in milestones such as this one. From a high of 170 COVID-positive patients, we are down to 53 system-wide today.
We hope and pray that this unit will never again be used for its intended purpose.”
Much love from New Zealand, as bad as it gets, as shaky as things seem and for all the hurt, heartbreak and loss that you suffer; there is an end. The world post recovery isn't quite what you'd expect: no one learned anything apart from how much they despise people they once thought of as friends. I'm really glad that the powers that be in your part of the world have steadied the ship and everyone put in the hard work to get you back on the right track.
The most damning thing for me was 6 months ago, I was sitting in a pub with my mates and my phone lit up, it was some announcement about global cases or something and we all just sort of looked at each other, quietly finished our pints and left, none of us could rationalise that the health, freedom and safety that we had taken for granted was an immense privilege compared to the rest of the world.
Edit: for the brigade of chuds that can't handle the fact they elected idiots to run their country, go and read about NZs strategy. Compare it with your own. Compare it with the UK's, Sweden's, America's. I'll wait. If geography matters as much as you think it does then every island nation in the world would be COVID free. If population density matters as much as you think it does then every rural area would be COVID free. But that's not the case. We stayed home. Washed up. Scanned in. We put in the work and held ourselves to such a high standard there was national outcry about the prime minister taking a selfie with her supporters - AFTER we had got rid of COVID. Hard work matters. Stay home and wear your damn mask if you absolutely have to go out.
I know this is something people say for a like so feel free not to like this but I genuinely work in this unit. It fits 82 beds and it got crazy up there for awhile. Glad people are wishing up and taking this virus a little more seriously.
Not-NedFlanders on February 18th, 2021 at 17:54 UTC »
Update from the hospital today:
“For the first time since July, our COVID-19 ICU unit at Cox South — the one built in two weeks in early 2020 — is empty!
We know this fight is not yet over, but rejoice in milestones such as this one. From a high of 170 COVID-positive patients, we are down to 53 system-wide today.
We hope and pray that this unit will never again be used for its intended purpose.”
DuskEvoke on February 18th, 2021 at 18:13 UTC »
Much love from New Zealand, as bad as it gets, as shaky as things seem and for all the hurt, heartbreak and loss that you suffer; there is an end. The world post recovery isn't quite what you'd expect: no one learned anything apart from how much they despise people they once thought of as friends. I'm really glad that the powers that be in your part of the world have steadied the ship and everyone put in the hard work to get you back on the right track.
The most damning thing for me was 6 months ago, I was sitting in a pub with my mates and my phone lit up, it was some announcement about global cases or something and we all just sort of looked at each other, quietly finished our pints and left, none of us could rationalise that the health, freedom and safety that we had taken for granted was an immense privilege compared to the rest of the world.
Edit: for the brigade of chuds that can't handle the fact they elected idiots to run their country, go and read about NZs strategy. Compare it with your own. Compare it with the UK's, Sweden's, America's. I'll wait. If geography matters as much as you think it does then every island nation in the world would be COVID free. If population density matters as much as you think it does then every rural area would be COVID free. But that's not the case. We stayed home. Washed up. Scanned in. We put in the work and held ourselves to such a high standard there was national outcry about the prime minister taking a selfie with her supporters - AFTER we had got rid of COVID. Hard work matters. Stay home and wear your damn mask if you absolutely have to go out.
Huhot2803 on February 18th, 2021 at 18:22 UTC »
I know this is something people say for a like so feel free not to like this but I genuinely work in this unit. It fits 82 beds and it got crazy up there for awhile. Glad people are wishing up and taking this virus a little more seriously.