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The COVID-19 pandemic has strained hospitals across the country to a far greater degree than any recent flu season.
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Washington Examiner analysis finds that COVID-19 hospitalizations have been about four times worse than the most severe recent seasonal flu and many times worse than in a normal flu season.
Medical professionals say that the stress the pandemic has put on the system is not comparable to that of the flu. To someone who says that, I d tell them, Spend a day with me and let me tell you what I ve seen for the last 10 months, said Dr. Comilla Sasson, an emergency physician at the University of Colorado Hospital. Since the pandemic began, Sasson has also assisted at hospitals across the nation, including in New York, South Dakota, and Texas.
BENNINGTON, Vt. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), and Bennington s office of the Vermont Department of Health will appear in a digital information session regarding the COVID-19 vaccine distribution at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The event is made possible with cooperation from CAT-TV and the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Members of the public are invited to view and ask questions during the live broadcast at www.facebook.com/CATTVbennington/. The program will also air on CAT-TV s public channel 1075. The session will feature SVMC s Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson and Bennington s Public Health Services District Director for the Vermont Department of Health Megan Herrington. They will discuss the status of a community vaccine clinic and answer questions. The Chamber s Executive Director Matthew Harrington will moderate.
With cooperation from the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and CAT-TV
Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), and Bennington’s office of the Vermont Department of Health will appear in a digital information session regarding the COVID-19 vaccine distribution at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19.
The event is made possible with cooperation from CAT-TV and the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Members of the public are invited to view and ask questions during the live broadcast at www.facebook.com/CATTVbennington/. The program will also air on CAT-TV’s public channel 1075.
As a more infectious variant of the coronavirus has now made its way from the United Kingdom to the United States, it may be only a matter of time before it spreads far and wide.
Originally published on January 7, 2021 10:31 am
New Orleans will move back to a modified version of Phase 1 at 6 a.m. Friday in response to the soaring rate of positive COVID-19 tests and hospitalizations.
For three weeks, indoor service at restaurants will be reduced to 25 percent capacity. Gatherings are to be limited to households. That means that even when dining or drinking outside, guests at those tables should all be from the saavme household. Tables can have no more than six guests. Indoor sporting events will be reduced to 4 percent capacity. Bars can continue with outdoor service at 25 percent capacity.
“These actions that I’m putting forth are necessary and they are mandatory,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a press conference on Wednesday.