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Story but what are the examples we think we have of the evidence today if you like of the growing pressure on the health service in areas where doctors have expressed concern about their ability to cope? it doctors have expressed concern about their ability to cope? their ability to cope? it seems that one in eight their ability to cope? it seems that one in eight major their ability to cope? it seems that one in eight major hospital - their ability to cope? it seems that one in eight major hospital trusts l one in eight major hospital trusts in england have declared critical incidents which is when services are possibly affected by developments and staff absences being one of the obvious problems. that is slightly lower than yesterday but boris johnson has said the government will be increasing support massively for struggling hospitals in england and it is expected there will be announcement on that tomorrow. in scotland, the health minister, humza yousaf, said the speed of the s ....
Past that peek. and now it s a matter of saying that the decline, how gradual that might be or will it be a steeper decline? that will partly depend on ongoing success with masking and being vigilant. you mentioned your hospital in texas children s. as i understand it doctors there are closely monitoring a rise in post covid issues. your hospital recently said that 25 kids have been hospitalized in the past couple weeks with multisystem inflammatory system. the hospital has found that teenagers between 14 and 18 are being hospitalized with it most. more than half require intensive care. and many need oxygen therapy. what can you tell us about this trend there, and how worried are you by it? ....
I think what we ve got to do is we have got to continue to provide people facts. and we ve got to really challenge those that are spreading the disinformation, some of it is some of our elected leaders, some of it doctors, and i think the medical community in idaho is so frustrated that i think you re going to see it is stepping up in terms of combating this misinformation and disinformation. and dr. goetz, you ve said it s not just idaho, it s also eastern washington, which has lower vaccination rates. but in washington there are mask mandates. so paint a picture for us of the strain that this sort of compounding emergency, both from idaho and from the eastern part of your state, is putting on hospitals there. geoff, our case numbers over the past two weeks have hit record highs. and as governor inslee ....
Who will get vaccinated. they ve not dug in their heels. i think they can get vaccinated sooner rather than later if we meet questions with facts and confidence. there are people who say you see at least some modest progress in recent days. why? is there a key? is it communicating a different way? is it doctors getting on the phone? is it fear when people see the case count going up like it is? i really think it s all of the above. we ve done a good job engaging trusted messengers. we re going to continue that work. our physician community has stepped up. hospitals have spoken loud and clear about what they re seeing on the front lines. it s terrifying. people now know people who are sick. it s a relatively small state. we have a very exciting lottery incentive program. i think all of that combines to increase vaccinations now. ....
Is it doctors fault? who made a mistake here? dr. poti: i m going to say it s complicated. i m not going to say there s one entity here that s responsible, but there was a lot of money to be made by promoting the treatment of pain to the highest level. big pharma made a lot of money on this. and i was taught in residency you give people as much pain medicine as they need. you get them out of pain. we will judge your hospital. we will judge your emergency room based on your pain scores. that s how we were taught. and we were also told these medicines weren t all that addictive. we started handing out pills like crazy. 100 million americans have chronic pain. so, we did a disservice as doctors and as prescribers like we took data that was bullshit, and then we went forth with it said oh prescribe it to everyone, they won t get addicted. we know what we re doing. guess what, we didn t know what we were doing. ou ever worked with dr. francis? oh yeah, he s ok. just ok? guess who just g ....