More and more I question the “news”. There is always more to the story.
This headline is eye-catching and elicits feelings of fear and panic. However, we have to use some critical thinking here.
Here is how my critical thinking kicks in. I start really thinking through the article and asking questions. I know the answers to most of these questions but i am simply posting the questions here for the purpose of inspiring others to think about the answers themselves.
1- Is the overcrowding a result of Covid cases only? (The article doesn’t mention what people are in the hospital for)
2- If people are in the hospital for things other than Covid, does their vaccination status come into play? (example- someone is in the hospital for a heart condition and is unvaccinated)
3- How often does this kind of thing happen? Is it fairly common for ambulances to be rerouted?
4- Is the hospital over capacity or are they short staffed?
5- Is everyone being tested for covid or are only the unvaccinated being tested? (If vaccinated people are not even being tested, it would skew the numbers considerably)
Just food for thought. Be careful of living in fear- it negatively affects your health in many, many ways.
