Tue
Sep 21 2021
03:32 pm
By: bizgrrl
"UT Medical Center is being sent a team of 20 clinical personnel and 3 admin personnel from the Department of Defense."
MASH units next?
"Currently, we [National Guard] have about 400 personnel, that’s medical and non-medical personnel, that are available and on orders. We have shifted every one of those personnel into facilities across the state, predominately in East Tennessee."
Bunch of dumba$$es in East TN? Hold my beer!
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"I told the doctor, one of them who worked so hard to save him, 'This is a war zone,'" Peggy said. "And he said, 'Oh yes, it is a war zone.' And he said, 'When you leave this place, would you please be a witness to what you have seen?'"
Just another way for the
Just another way for the unvaccinated to screw the rest of us.
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Not in Tennessee but still a "What is wrong with people" ...
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(in reply to jbr)
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