Covid Going Nowhere17 Aug 2021 12:17
Kansas Uni Monday Briefing "We're on fire again "Today 09:08
A tough listen. Just tune in for the first 5 or 6 minutes and hear the fear in Steve Stites voice. Turning away patient transfer requests from all over the south because they have no beds. Many of those dying now in their 20s, and 95% of those in hospital unvaccinated. I'll use something from this to frame my question for Thursday's q&a
Steve Stites, MD, is chief medical officer at The University of Kansas Health System and had this blunt warning: “I think we’re in trouble. I said once before last fall that we were on fire and I think we’re on fire again.” He blames the current problem on two things. Not enough people are vaccinated, and people are not following the rules of infection prevention and control, mainly by wearing a mask. That plus the fact the Delta variant is what he calls “a different enemy.” It’s two to five times more transmissible than the original virus and it only takes a couple minutes, rather than 10 or 12, to spread. With 95 percent of hospitalized COVID patients not vaccinated, it’s become a huge problem for hospitals around the Midwest. Because of all time high patient numbers, none are able to accept transfers. The health system alone has had transfer requests from Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma but has no Kansas Uni Monday Briefing "We're on fire again "Today 09:08
A tough listen. Just tune in for the first 5 or 6 minutes and hear the fear in Steve Stites voice. Turning away patient transfer requests from all over the south because they have no beds. Many of those dying now in their 20s, and 95% of those in hospital unvaccinated. I'll use something from this to frame my question for Thursday's q&a
Steve Stites, MD, is chief medical officer at The University of Kansas Health System and had this blunt warning: “I think we’re in trouble. I said once before last fall that we were on fire and I think we’re on fire again.” He blames the current problem on two things. Not enough people are vaccinated, and people are not following the rules of infection prevention and control, mainly by wearing a mask. That plus the fact the Delta variant is what he calls “a different enemy.” It’s two to five times more transmissible than the original virus and it only takes a couple minutes, rather than 10 or 12, to spread. With 95 percent of hospitalized COVID patients not vaccinated, it’s become a huge problem for hospitals around the Midwest. Because of all time high patient numbers, none are able to accept transfers. The health system alone has had transfer requests from Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma but has no room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbFkzE_8Q6A
(Courtesy of Docdaneeka@SNG)
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