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As of Friday, Dallas County hospitals had zero ICU beds available for children, according to the county's chief executive, Judge Clay Jenkins.
"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," Jenkins explained. "Your child will wait for another child to die."
Last year, as the pandemic took hold in the U.S., Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that elderly Americans would be willing to sacrifice their lives to bring the country out of a lockdown. Now Texas Republicans are ordering kids—many of whom are still defenseless against the virus—to bear the burden of getting the country back to business as usual.
Pro Life Huh?
"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," Jenkins explained. "Your child will wait for another child to die."
Last year, as the pandemic took hold in the U.S., Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that elderly Americans would be willing to sacrifice their lives to bring the country out of a lockdown. Now Texas Republicans are ordering kids—many of whom are still defenseless against the virus—to bear the burden of getting the country back to business as usual.
Why do Republicans want children to die?
As of Friday, Dallas County hospitals had zero ICU beds available for children , according to the county's chief executive, Judge Clay Jenkins. "That means if your child's in a car wreck, if your ...
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Pro Life Huh?
