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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1050157)	1/23/2018 3:43:08 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1571200

There's a reason why there is a bed shortage, and it's also happening here.. Patients wait 12 hours in A&E as flu cases fill hospital beds The Times-Jan 16, 2018 He added that, although more people were sick because of the flu outbreak, there was also a backlog of work that needed to be done by health and social care services to free up hospital capacity. “As we have said before, we would welcome any form of review to work out how we can learn from this ... = Hospitals Overwhelmed by Flu Patients Are Treating Them in Tents TIME-Jan 18, 2018 The story is similar in Alabama, which declared a state of emergency last week in response to the flu epidemic. Dr. Bernard Camins, associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, says that UAB Hospital cancelled elective surgeries scheduled for Thursday and Friday ... Flu patient spikes cause Texas school district closure, tents at ... ABC News-Jan 17, 2018 Flu patient spikes cause Texas school district closure, tents at California hospital ... A deadly flu epidemic sweeping the nation has triggered one Texas school district to cancel classes for the week and one California hospital has set up ... "We haven't had any indication that surgeries have been postponed.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1050157)	1/24/2018 11:52:24 AM
From: zzpat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571200

Let's begin with socialized medicine. The US is one of the advanced countries that has a falling life expectancy. Countries with socialized medicine have longer lives. Depending on the list you use the US is around #32 in the world. Every single country in the world that has a longer life expectancy than the US has socialized medicine. Putting this into perspective is important. The US is a third world country when it comes to life expectancy.