Saturday, January 29, 2022

Bullshit Or No?: "Local Hospitals, Overwhelmed, Plead With Virginians To Get Vaccinated"

Ok, first: what is the most natural interpretation of that title?
I thought it meant: all the local hospitals have run out of beds--and the pleading part. 
In fact, here's almost the entire story:
Two local hospitals pleaded with the public today / Tuesday to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Wendy Horton and Mary Mannix, the CEOs of UVA Medical Center and Augusta Health, respectively, said their employees are exhausted after battling a pandemic for two years, and many have decided to leave.
That is: at two of the local hospitals, "many" employees (I'll bet that means: nurses, who seem to take the brunt of this sort of thing) have "decided" to leave. Not: they're out of beds. Not: 10% of staff has quit. Not anything so clear-cut as any of that. Rather: an alleged lot of employees allegedly allege that they're going to leave.
   I'm not saying this is great--some of my best friends are nurses. One is right in the very thick of it, in a hospital that's had to bring in National Guard units to help. But this headline does not seem to me to be an accurate representation of the story. 
   NPR. Your tax dollars at work.

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