If this report from CNN is accurate:
Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging and in Dallas, Texas, there are “zero ICU beds left for children,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a news conference Friday morning.
“That means if your child’s in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have Covid and need an ICU bed, we don’t have one. Your child will wait for another child to die,” Jenkins said. “Your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed, but they won’t be getting one here unless one clears.”
The judge added no ICU beds have been available for children for at least 24 hours. The Texas Department of State Health Services told CNN the shortage of pediatric ICU beds is related to a shortage in medical staff.
Horrific, avoidable incidents like this deserve the prompt and decisive attention of the Texas Legislature:
Impeach Governor Abbott now.
In a rich country like the United States, in a rich State like Texas, this should not be happening. It’s time to recognize that Abbott’s incompetence is a menace to society and remove him.
Now.
For situations in other States, Steve Benen has a helpful list in his nightly roundup.
