Bart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:22 amGlad to hear where you live this is not having an effect on patient care. Not so much around here where the knuckle dragging mouth breathers must reside. Certainly is different, from what I can gather, between downstate NY and Upstate/Western NY.SCLaxAttack wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:55 pmEveryone suddenly becomes smart when their money’s at risk.wgdsr wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:18 pmguarantee continued education on the safety of the vaccine was pulled down from the internet and not the library of congress.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:40 pm https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/323 ... ources-say
The train is leaving.
Went to my Dr’s office today, part of the NC Novant system that let 175 employees go earlier this week for not following their implemented vaccination rules. According to the PA I always see, six people at this particular office had a change of heart and vaccinated when they realized their employer was serious.
Time to charge the unvaccinated more for their health insurance.
Of course this is just anecdotal.
URMC canceled elective surgeries for a couple of weeks and closed several urgent care.
FFTH same.
I know one hospital that had 18 of 24 ER beds full with patients waiting to get beds in the hospital. Hospital is full, not completely with COVID patients (there are some) but with patients waiting for beds in rehab/nursing home facilities. Seems that in the area there are over 20 or so that are not taking new patients due to staffing shortages. Back up is into the Hospital.
The number of job openings at the local Hospital is 3X the normal.
But mandates do seem to work. Wife's department is now 100% vaccinated! That is after the one nurse and several techs were let go but they are at 100$% now! (I'm not counting the ones with exemptions)
People should be vaccinated. But to cut health care workers during a pandemic seems rather silly to me. There are other work arounds that would have less impact on patient care, IMO.
Much like your example, this is just anecdotal from one small slice of NYS heaven.
If you work in a hospital and don’t want to get vaccinated, you may also not want to wash your hands. I wouldn’t trust their judgement.
‘Dem hospitals: https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/v ... rooms-fast