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One can have Covid-19 and the flu at the same time--the dangers and precautions

Thu, 2021-09-30 12:32 — mike kraft

Yes, you can have Covid-19 and the flu at the same time. Here's what that could look like This fall and winter could mark the first surge of patients infected with both the flu and the Delta variant -- which "could be catastrophic to your immune system," one doctor says. Here's how to avoid the dreaded double whammy. Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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Many health workers at big U.S. hospital chains with vaccine mandates are getting shots.

Thu, 2021-09-30 11:30 — mike kraft

Hundreds of sought-after nurses are leaving some U.S. hospitals that have established vaccine requirements for all employees, involving some protests and legal opposition. But most workers, especially at large hospital chains, appear to be complying with the policies.

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New York health care workers rush to get vaccinated, averting staffing crisis

Tue, 2021-09-28 09:32 — mike kraft

Health care workers in New York rush to get vaccinated, averting a staffing crisis

New York Times

Thousands of health care workers in New York got inoculated against Covid-19 ahead of Monday’s deadline, helping the state avoid a worst-case scenario of staffing shortages at hospitals and nursing homes.

Health officials across the state reported that employees had rushed to get vaccinated before Monday, avoiding being suspended or getting fired. New York has 600,000 health care workers.

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U.S. Hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom

Mon, 2021-09-27 18:52 — mike kraft

Hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. With ultimatums taking effect this week in states like New York, California, Rhode Island and Connecticut, the fear is that some employees will quit or let themselves be fired or suspended rather than get the vaccine. AP NEWS

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Medical ethic debate over doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated

Fri, 2021-09-24 18:32 — mike kraft

Medical ethicists criticize doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated As the Delta variant of COVID-19 rips across the country, a growing number of health care professionals have taken an extreme stance that they claim will slow the spread: They say they will no longer treat the unvaccinated.

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Nurses Are In Short Supply. Employers Worry Vaccine Mandate Could Make It Worse

Thu, 2021-09-23 08:56 — mike kraft

Nurses Are In Short Supply. Employers Worry Vaccine Mandate Could Make It Worse President Biden has ordered more than 17 million health care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Some health care employers fear losing large numbers of workers who don't want the shots. NPR.org

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Overwhelmed U.S. hospitals are turning to ‘crisis standards of care.’ Explaining what it means

Wed, 2021-09-22 17:53 — mike kraft

Hospitals overwhelmed by covid are turning to ‘crisis standards of care.’ What does that mean? Some places have adopted statewide crisis standards of care, in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources — based largely on their likelihood of survival — and even deny treatment. Hannah Knowles Washington Post

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U.S. non-Covid patients suffering because hospitals filling up with unvaccinated covid patients

Wed, 2021-09-22 10:21 — mike kraft

... Echoes of the pandemic’s early months are resounding through the halls of hospitals, with an average of more than 90,000 patients in the United States being treated daily for Covid. Once again, many hospitals have been slammed in the last two months, this time by the Delta variant, and have been reporting that intensive care units are overflowing, that patients have to be turned away and even that some patients have died while awaiting a spot in an acute or I.C.U. ward.

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