Why Washington state is seeing a 4th COVID-19 wave
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2-week pause in reopening plan
The pause comes as the state endures another concerning upswing in cases. Elaine Thompson/AP, FILE
Even as COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out throughout the U.S., Washington state is reeling from a fourth wave of infections, with hospitalizations surging for people age 40 to 59 and among many much younger.
Virus cases and hospitalizations have steadily risen since March, and Gov. Jay Inslee announced last week the state had entered its fourth wave. Earlier in April, he d rolled back three counties to Phase 2 of reopening restrictions.
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After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards.
It s both a sign of the country s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in communities across the country. We re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s â young people who are really sick, says Dr. Vishnu Chundi, an infectious disease physician and chair of the Chicago Medical Society s COVID-19 task force. Most of them make it, but some do not. . I just lost a 32-year-old with two children, so it s heartbreaking.
For the first time in two months, the
Community Advisory Committee for West Seattle’s only city-sanctioned tiny-house encampment got an update on its operations.
Last month’s meeting had no one in attendance from camp operator
LIHI or the city
Human Services Department. This time, both were in attendance as the CAC met online on Sunday afternoon. The camp has been on the city-owned
Myers Way Parcels on the southeast edge of West Seattle for almost five years.
CAMP OPERATOR REPORT: At March’s meeting (WSB coverage here), the need for a new site coordinator and case manager (both of whom work for LIHI in positions funded by the city contract) was discussed. Sunday,
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Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger. (Tempura/Getty Images)
After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards.
It’s both a sign of the country’s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in communities across the country.
“We’re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s young people who are really sick,” says Dr. Vishnu Chundi, an infectious disease physician and chair of the Chicago Medical Society’s COVID-19 task force. “Most of them make it, but some do not. … I just lost a 32-year-old with two children, so it’s heartbreaking.”
Image credit: Tempura
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After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards.
It’s both a sign of the country’s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in communities across the country.