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On the front lines, here’s what the seven stages of severe COVID-19 look like
latimes.com ^ | AUG. 26, 2021 | KAREN GALLARDO

Posted on 09/05/2021 8:47:40 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

I’m a respiratory therapist. With the fourth wave of the pandemic in full swing, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, the trajectory of the patients I see, from admission to critical care, is all too familiar. When they’re vaccinated, their COVID-19 infections most likely end after Stage 1. If only that were the case for everyone.

Get vaccinated. If you choose not to, here’s what to expect if you are hospitalized for a serious case of COVID-19.

Stage 1. You’ve had debilitating symptoms for a few days, but now it is so hard to breathe that you come to the emergency room. Your oxygen saturation level tells us you need help, a supplemental flow of 1 to 4 liters of oxygen per minute. We admit you and start you on antivirals, steroids, anticoagulants or monoclonal antibodies. You’ll spend several days in the hospital feeling run-down, but if we can wean you off the oxygen, you’ll get discharged. You survive.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: antivaxtrolls; fakenews; fearporn; medicalscience; propaganda; trumpvaccine; vaxxtroll
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1 posted on 09/05/2021 8:47:40 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If I read the article, will some unvaccinated rube recant on his deathbed and say he should have gotten the vaccine?


2 posted on 09/05/2021 8:49:19 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel

If it’s posted by Berlin Freeper, that’s likely.


3 posted on 09/05/2021 8:50:27 PM PDT by TTFX ( )
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To: TTFX

Don’t be the “unvaccinated rube”.


4 posted on 09/05/2021 8:52:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

After having Covid, I must tell everybody here that take all the precautions you deem necessary to avoid getting this horrible virus. I had both inoculations and still got it, and it took me two weeks to get over it.

My brother-in-law is currently in the intensive care unit in Phoenix fighting Covid. The good news is that he’s improving, but he’s been down for over three weeks already. It will be several more weeks before he is finished with his stuff, if he’s lucky.


5 posted on 09/05/2021 8:52:44 PM PDT by Loud Mime (A living and breathing Constitution empowers evil; living and breathing Commandments do was well. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Throwing bombs at Americans from the Fatherland.


6 posted on 09/05/2021 8:53:00 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: AlmaKing

That’s paranoid.

Medical science is not bombs.


7 posted on 09/05/2021 8:54:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Loud Mime

Prayers up for your BIL.


8 posted on 09/05/2021 8:55:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Loud Mime

Is your bro in law vaxed?


9 posted on 09/05/2021 8:55:40 PM PDT by Owen
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To: rlmorel

Do the 13,000-plus who died from the “vaccine” count as “rubes”?


10 posted on 09/05/2021 8:55:51 PM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists.)
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To: rlmorel
This "unvaccinated rube" is taking care of himself:

Day 1 - I developed a cough and later had restricted breathing.

Day 1 evening - I broke out the Dexamethasone, Azithromycine, & Ivermectin (prescribed by an MD for human consumption)

+ Advair

+ All the supplements I've been taking daily (Zinc, D3, C, NAC, Curcumin, etc...

It's the end of Day 3 and I'm fine.

11 posted on 09/05/2021 8:58:02 PM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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“1. You’ve had debilitating symptoms for a few days, but now it is so hard to breathe that you come to the emergency room..”

I sure have a problem with this being #1. Did I miss, “Your doctor has prescribed a course of medications to address your symptoms and keep the virus from getting worse.”?


12 posted on 09/05/2021 8:59:12 PM PDT by lastchance
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It’s not useful to call people who refuse the vaccination as ‘rubes’.

There are people who have all sorts of health conditions that preclude the dangers of vaccination.


13 posted on 09/05/2021 8:59:20 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Loud Mime

I am sorry to hear of your covid experience, and hope you brother in law is soon better!


14 posted on 09/05/2021 9:00:01 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The crowd was chanting "Death to America", but they were a mostly friendly crowd.)
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To: Loud Mime

I hope he has a full recovery and is home soon.


15 posted on 09/05/2021 9:00:09 PM PDT by lastchance
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To: lastchance

The one who wrote thought it would be a good idea to start by distracting from the topic with vaccine propaganda, so he doesn’t seem serious.


16 posted on 09/05/2021 9:02:19 PM PDT by TTFX ( )
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To: Loud Mime

Thank you for sharing.

Glad to hear you got over it, after a rough go.

Have a (”vax” d) friend, who went through the same.

Prayers for your dear BIL, in Phoenix.

Did he also get the shots?

Praying for his full recovery.


17 posted on 09/05/2021 9:04:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
The so-called "Covid Vaccines" are NOT "vaccines" and they haven't been properly tested, have worse serious side effects and deaths than all other vaccines combined in the last year.

Calling these "vaccines" "medical science" is just ignorant.

18 posted on 09/05/2021 9:07:17 PM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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To: lastchance

This is from a nurse who works on patients at the hospital.


19 posted on 09/05/2021 9:07:43 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: lastchance

Or what about, “You get the virus, feel bad for a few days, and then get over it”. Just like the vast majority of people..

Fear is their biggest weapon.


20 posted on 09/05/2021 9:08:32 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
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