As if to underscore CDC head Redfield’s shocked comments about the lack of health infrastructure in the U.S. – a reality pointed out for decades by American economist Lyndon LaRouche – many areas of the country are now facing such a flood of hospitalizations that the entire system is dealing with enormous stress. On Dec. 2 there were almost 100,000 COVID patients hospitalized, and various experts are quoted in the media warning that the total could soon double. The previous highs in the spring and summer were about 60,000.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force on Nov. 29 sent a report around to states which sounded the alarm: “We are in a very dangerous place due to the current, extremely high COVID baseline and limited hospital capacity; a further post-Thanksgiving surge will compromise COVID patient care, as well as medical care overall.” State responses, it stated bluntly, “remain inadequate” in “many areas.” It restated a basic guideline: “It must be made clear that if you are over 65 or have significant health conditions, you should not enter any indoor public spaces where anyone is unmasked due to the immediate risk to your health; you should have groceries and medications delivered,” the report adds. “If you are under 40, you need to assume you became infected during the Thanksgiving period if you gathered beyond your immediate household.”
