Please find below a message from one of the members of JETS family:

“My mother tested positive for COVID on August 1st. She was given lots of medicine and told to rest at home. She visited the Emergency Room on August 7th due to having trouble with breathing, was prescribed more medicines, including an oximeter, and was told she was dehydrated and beginning to have pneumonia. Although at that point she would happily have been admitted to the hospital, there was a waiting list of 30+ and she was not serious enough to even be considered for admission.

Yesterday she returned to the hospital due to her oximeter readings showing that her oxygen levels were too low, and was immediately put on oxygen (which is different from being intubated) and admitted to the hospital. It took over 14 hours for her to even get a room due to the overcrowded conditions.

As of August 12th (her time), she has become bedridden, literally unable to leave the bed because her oxygen levels drop from any amount of activity. She is not on the “fullest” amount of oxygen they can give so there is still some sense that she isn’t the worst off yet, but we are of course very worried for her health. They tested her again and she retested positive.

The “delta variant” of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is incredibly contagious, like nothing we have seen before. Cases are exploding in both Kentucky, where my parents now live, and in West Virginia, where my buddy’s common-law wife is a nurse in an ER. She also mentioned that after weeks of not seeing any Covid+ cases, suddenly there is an explosion, even among young people.

I strongly encourage every member of our fine community at JETS to redouble our efforts to protect ourselves and our families. Especially if you aren’t two weeks out from having been fully vaccinated, please take extra care.”