posted August 01, 2021 12:06 AM            

"They've had some experience that's sort of changed their mind from the viewpoint of those in their family, those in their friendship circles or their work circles. And they came to their own decision that they wanted to get a vaccine," said Dr. Priscilla Frase, a hospitalist and chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Missouri.

"They did their own research on it, and they talked to people and made the decisions themselves," Frase told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "But even though they were able to make that decision themselves, they didn't want to have to deal with the peer pressure or the outbursts from other people about them ... 'giving in to everything.'"

In a hospital produced video, Frase said one pharmacist at her hospital told her "they've had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, 'please, please, please don't let anybody know that I got this vaccine.'"

Frase told CNN if a patient asks for privacy to get vaccinated, the hospital tries to accommodate the request -- whether at the drive-thru window or at their cars.

"Anything we can do to get people in a place that they're comfortable receiving the vaccine," Frase said. "It's not a large number, but every single person that we can reach who wants to get vaccinated and we can provide that for them, that's a win. And we take every win that we can get."

The doctor's assertion reflects the dramatic polarization of the Covid-19 vaccines and the extent to which vaccine skepticism has hardened into vaccine refusal.

Studies of the three authorized vaccines have shown that they are not 100% effective but nevertheless provide strong protection against infection and severe illness. The vast majority of people hospitalized and dying of Covid-19 are unvaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

Still, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released earlier this month found that most people who'd made firm decisions one way or the other about their vaccination plans back in January hadn't budged since. Of those who were unvaccinated at the start of the year, only about 8% had changed their minds, the poll found.

Missouri has 41% of its population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, which ranks 13th-lowest among all US states, according to the CDC. The state has had some of the highest rates of new cases per capita in recent weeks as the coronavirus has preyed upon the unvaccinated.

Unvaccinated patients are getting sicker quicker

Frase said her hospital had 33 patients admitted with Covid-19 as of Wednesday and she's expecting that number to rise.

"The patients that are coming in are generally younger than what we saw before. It's more people requiring a lot more oxygen, a lot quicker," Frase said.

The majority of people we've admitted have not been vaccinated," she added.

"The biggest thing that I think has been shocking for us is, back in the fall, in the winter, it took us four months to get to our peak admitted patients, which is around 22. It's taken us 30 days to exceed that and be up to 33 today." Frase said.

And it's not just Frase's hospital that is dealing with an influx of patients in Missouri.

The CoxHealth health system said it's expanding morgue capacity in due to an increase in Covid-19 related deaths.

"We've actually brought in a portable piece of technology that allows bodies to be cooled and placed outside the morgue. We have had to expand that because the mortality has gone up so much lately," CoxHealth President and CEO Steve Edwards said during a news briefing in Springfield-Greene County Tuesday.

posted August 01, 2021 12:51 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
You sound like a used car salesperson. You use fear almost as well as your Dem overlords. Just like COVID 1.0. deaths were grossly overstated, and so are variant deaths. Do you remember all the empty hospitals?

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posted August 01, 2021 03:46 PM            

Randall once said that if he owned a store, he would throw out anyone who wore a mask. That’s pretty damned selfish, don’t you think?

posted August 01, 2021 03:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Have you considered working for the media brainwashing complex?

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posted August 01, 2021 04:00 PM            

“ UPDATE: the person in red who maced and kicked me has been identified. Dhani Das is a self identified hypnotherapist who supports Donald Trump. They were there with their wife Anissa Eve, a life coach who filmed the assault while egging on the violence against me.”

posted August 01, 2021 04:01 PM            

“ Bryna Makowka, a DC insurrectionist who admitted to helping people scale the wall into the US capital. She assaulted me earlier this year, & threatened to rape me in a video. She maces me & hands off a blunt object, telling a large man to use it on me— which could have killed me.”

posted August 01, 2021 04:09 PM            

Then why do Randall, Belage, GCE, myself or anyone feel like a threat to you?

You can do us far more damage through shedding, were we nearby you. So why are you worried over us or those like us?

posted August 01, 2021 04:55 PM            

So now - you are figuring the problem is God??!

posted August 01, 2021 05:06 PM            

TW: violence against women) Here are the anti-vaxxers assaulting and holding a woman down yesterday at Harlowe in West Hollywood. This is abhorrent. They are back at Harlowe again RIGHT NOW.

This was filmed by Jairo, an organizer for the violent transphobic rally at Wi Spa.

posted August 01, 2021 05:10 PM            

BREAKING: Violence broke out today at Harlowe. Anti-vaxxers returned to rally against the restaurant’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Eyewitnesses tell me anti-vaxxers assaulted multiple bystanders. A man was maced, and a woman was chased and pinned against the glass.

posted August 01, 2021 05:42 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Maybe if they uploaded to YouTube, they would be someone to listen to?

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Guess that makes me a real dummy apparently because other than reading off YT and thinking for myself I've been here listening too you (ranting). Jury's out you are in the same category.

- My use of videos were to bring context, not use my word alone where I learned of that criteria. As I read and watch mine.

Retweeting Other's opinions, in not news or should be reiterated unless you can pull together your "incorporated thoughts" along with them. Otherwith that's much more like a myna-bird than a Twitter. I suppose those who created Twitter saw this day coming. - Oh well.

*this time I am done, I'll dismiss your posts, messages here*
- unless we can unite on other topics elsewhere. Which I'm amicable- reasonable. I can. Idk if you can ...

posted August 01, 2021 06:53 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
http://twitter.com/vps_reports/status/1420609340398989312?s=21

BREAKING: Violence broke out today at Harlowe. Anti-vaxxers returned to rally against the restaurant’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Eyewitnesses tell me anti-vaxxers assaulted multiple bystanders. A man was maced, and a woman was chased and pinned against the glass.

(Protesting a restaurant’s vaccine requirements. They could go somewhere else, but they are protesting this business. Assaulting people, too.)

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What???

No uncut video of the alleged assaults? Nobody had a cell phone with a camera?

I decry assaulting innocent people if that did happen, but why don't you post a video of the deeds instead of some twitter post that shows nothing?