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One of my aunts was going through her last round of cancer treatments during this time. (Turned out to not help, she passed pretty young but the cancer had taken root years ago and there wasn't anything that could be done...)

My mother was taking her to a regional hospital that could handle the treatments. I said "It's being reported that hospitals are just overflowing with covid patients, you're lucky you could get in." She goes no, it was empty and quiet...I think that was the first tap at the lightswitch of understanding.

One of my aunts was going through her last round of cancer treatments during this time. (Turned out to not help, she passed pretty young but the cancer had taken root years ago and there wasn't anything that could be done...) My mother was taking her to a regional hospital that could handle the treatments. I said "It's being reported that hospitals are just overflowing with covid patients, you're lucky you could get in." She goes no, it was empty and quiet...I think that was the first tap at the lightswitch of understanding.

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[–] • 4 pts

During the height of the scare, I had to go to the hospital to get blood drawn, and it was a ghost town. Empty parking lot, nobody inside, etc. Meanwhile the news was saying each night that every hospital was a madhouse.

[–] • 2 pts

I can believe it. I live near several large hospitals. You could have had a drifting contest in the parking lots they were so empty. The convention center was converted to a triage, it spent millions and never saw a patient.