Coming North To Vote? California hospitals overwhelmed by patients from Mexico. If I didn't know any better, I swear this was a rush to get their vote in for November.
As California begins to open its economy after
almost two months in lockdown, an inflow of coronavirus cases south of
the border – where the illness is yet to reach a climax – is becoming a
growing cause for concern.
In the San Diego border city of Chula Vista, hospitals are fast becoming swarmed with COVID-19 patients who have traveled north from Tijuana, one of Mexico’s hardest-hit cities. Sure we have about 250,000 American citizens living in Mexico, but how many of them are making this rush?
"I expect Mexico to peak this month, but then as San Diego opens up, we'll see an increase from that side as well," said Juan Tovar, a physician chief operations executive at Scripps Mercy. "Our peak is going to depend on both of those factors."
Among the patients who have come from Mexico in recent weeks is Patricia Gonzalez-Zuniga, a Tijuana physician who works frequently with the University of California at San Diego. Gonzalez-Zuniga and her husband were both diagnosed with covid-19 last month. Her husband's health deteriorated rapidly
What say you?
Source: LMT
