On Thursday, the state of Michigan announced Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw would become the latest hospital to receive additional staff from the federal government.
health care heroes. they were in march 2020. they still have today. there s just fewer of us at the bedside. if you have that skillset and that talent, please consider returning to help your local health care facility. and number two to the community, you can play a great role in this by doing the things that we need to do to turn down the infection rate. those are things that have been well described. those are things like vaccinating. we talked about boosting earlier. talking in indoor public spaces, avoid the public spaces to give yourself room away from other folks. right now, with the prevalence this high in the community, there s a high chance when you go out, you will encounter someone who is infected in the community. dr. paul bozyk, head of medicine. thank you the you and your cleelg s colleagues. this is a difficult time. thank you for taking the time to help us understand it tonight.
local health care facility. number two, to the community, you can play a great role in this by doing that things that we need to do to turn down the infection rate. right? those are things that have been well described. things like vaccinated, boosting earlier, masking and indoor public spaces. please do it. avoid the crowded spaces to give yourself from room away from other folks. right now, with the prevalence this high in the community, there is a high chance that when you go out you re going to encounter someone who is infected in the community. dr. paul bozyk, i had a pulmonary and critical care medicine at thank you for your time tonight. i know this is a really difficult time with how strange resources are. appreciate you taking the time to help us understand tonight. thank you very much, rachel. appreciate. it will be right back. stay with us.
earlier. masking in indoor public spaces, please do it. avoid the public spaces to give yourself room away from other folks. right now, with the prevalence this high in the community, there s a high chance when you go out, you will encounter someone who is infected in the community. dr. paul bozyk, head of pulmonary and critical medicine at belmont medical hospital in michigan. thank you to you and your colleagues. this is a difficult time. thank you for taking the time to help us understand it tonight. thank you, rachel. appreciate it. we ll be right back. stay with us.
went further in a call for help from his colleagues who have retired. said, quote, we need people that may have taken a hiatus from health care for their own personal, physical and emotional health. we need those people to consider a return, so they can join us on the front line to get us through this very challenging time. the glass can only hold so much water. at some point, it will overfill. it is overfilling in several hospitals across the state right now. joining us now, is dr. paul bozyk. he is head of pulmonary and critical care hospital in the michigan hospital and vice chair of the board of the michigan state medical society. it s a real pleasure to have this time with you. thank you for making time to be here. thank you very much, rachel. appreciate being here. i m worried about the two metrics in sequence, to have michigan hitting its highest hospitalization numbers ever and immediately thereafter to have its highest reported case numbers ever.