lizyouwerebeer

lizyouwerebeer t1_iw2vk54 wrote

https://www.mainehealth.org/News/2022/11/MaineHealth-and-Northern-Light-Health-warn-of-strained-capacity

"On Friday, Nov. 4, all 87 staffed pediatric beds at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center (BBCH) in Portland were occupied, and other pediatric patients were boarding in the MMC emergency department. The 37 staffed pediatric beds at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor were 97 percent full. "

https://wgme.com/amp/news/local/rsv-cases-hospital-bed-shortage-maine-children-northern-light-health-covid-19-cold-flu

I think the story here is that beds are becoming scarce for children.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_ivpdpy6 wrote

"The problem with all of these conservative critiques is that crime went up everywhere," said Thomas Abt, who worked for the Justice Department during the Obama administration and now chairs the violent crime working group at the Council on Criminal Justice.

It went up in red states, it went up in blue states, it went up in cities controlled by Republican mayors and cities controlled by Democratic mayors. It went up in cities, also in the suburbs, also in rural areas."

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I don't know how that proves dems are behind the increase of crime.

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