What a Prisma Health doc is saying at this hour

Infectious disease physician for Prisma Health in South Carolina (which includes the Oconee Memorial Hospital) says the current number of in-patients with COVID-19 systemwide is 223.  It was 85 December 1.  That tells Dr. Albrecht that there’s no doubt about the severity of the latest variant, Omicron, and its effects on the population.  He stresses those with symptoms and those who’ve been exposed should get tested.  Do not, however, show up at a Prisma Health emergency department seeking a test.  You should instead go to the South Carolina DHEC website to find a test location convenient to you.  We were told of a line of people today awaiting tests at the SCDHEC clinich on Seneca’s N. Townville Street.