Narrative Spinning - yep, it's covid

DoogieMcDoogerson

It couldn't possibly be the progressive liberal policies taking root regarding drug use + possession, right?

It's COVID!

https://komonews.com/news/local/fatal-drug-overdoses-skyrocket-in-washington-state-amid-covid

PurpleThrobber

DoogieMcDoogerson said:

It couldn't possibly be the progressive liberal policies taking root regarding drug use + possession, right?

It's COVID!

https://komonews.com/news/local/fatal-drug-overdoses-skyrocket-in-washington-state-amid-covid

Jesus - this was foretold last spring. That the shutdown would have medium- and long-term results far in excess of the costs of the flu bug.

Fuck you, Jay Chinslee. You faggot murderer.

UWerentThereMan

thechatch

Longer wait times to have surgery these days. Hospitals are losing staff nurses to private surgery centers because the pay is the same, but the call commitment is lessened. They’re spending too much time washing out infected arms and feet of IV drug users.

Downstream effect is less RNs to staff hospital ORs at places like Swedish and Virginia Mason. Less staff means reduced capacity for elective surgery.

Want your hip replaced or your hernia repaired? You’ll have to wait longer these days on average because our hospitals are struggling as much or more with staffing to care for junkies and their pussed-out arms as they are with handling CCP COVID patients.

Are we having fun yet?

RaceBannon

Hospitals laying of folks again down here while my provider is begging me to come back in after a year of "tele appointments"

Fuck off as I like to say. I took care of it myself

Kaepsknee

It’s great to see that legalizing hard drugs has really helped quell wide spread abuse.


Or like they say. I was right.