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Hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices told hundreds (maybe thousands) of patients to STAY HOME and don't come to the hospital. This was in the early days of the pandemic when the emergency wards were overwhelmed and they had little ability to stop spreading the virus.

My friend was one of those people who was told to stay home, and she almost died as a result. She was one of the lucky ones because she got through it ON HER OWN, even though her symptoms were severe and she had trouble breathing.

The truth is that most areas didn't have enough hospital beds, nor enough medical personnel, to treat the early Covid victims. They weren't equipped with sufficient protective clothing (PPP) for the employees who were treating Covid victims on a daily basis. Hospitals were overwhelmed as the employees themselves got sick, and many died.

I can certainly believe that victims died alone at home, with no Covid diagnosis in those early days. It almost happened to my friend. It was a terrifying time ... almost 9 months when most of us older folks were afraid to leave the house. Things changed gradually, when the vaccine became available in 2021.