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we ever just learned the deceased was unvaccinated, and had underlying health conditions. perspective now from someone that's been warning about the surge and its burden on hospitals and their workers, michael osterholm, director of the center for infectious disease research and policy of the university -- university of minnesota. he was also an adviser on covid during the biden transition. professor, it is always a pleasure to speak with you. i just spoke with dr. watts in ohio who says she is over wellmed. they are in crisis mode right now due to covid. what is the likelihood that we are going to see things like that across the country? >> well, we are seeing it in certain parts of the country right now due to delta and that likely will change in the next two to three weeks as i think omicron takes over delta. then, instead of seeing regional surges we are seeing with delta, much of the west right now is very low level with delta. parts of the south. i think omicron is going to be a national viral blizzard. and that we can expect to see substantial activity throughout all the states, just as we are
and you sitting there and being very academic in your responses. this is an emotional time for you, and your fellow ukrainians, though, isn't it? this is life and death and freedom for you. all ukrainians but for you, individually, right? >> there is -- that's -- that's -- that's true of us. that's true of all of ukrainians. we spoke yesterday, we were over w wellmed with the sort of response, people turning out in towns, cities large and small arming themselves because it is a simple fact of life, they have nowhere to go. again, maybe 5 million as it is estimated by the eu will flee for the exits and that will take time for -- for -- for that so a lot for that large flow of people to be processed across borders. but there, still, will be 35 million remaining here who will not live on terms that putin will impose i think for any --
we have every country, romania, germany, poland, et cetera. so many people are using this. we have over 10,000 available listings. those are the ones that are available. ones that have been marked as filled, we have got thousands and thousands. it's incredible. >> and how did you initially get people interested in hosting on your site? >> um, we started doing a lot of media around the u.s. but i have been spending a lot of time spreading the word in like facebook groups and whatsapp and telegram groups and just really like going directly to individual ukrainians and people in poland and telling them like hey this is the website i made. and every single person i talked to has been like wow this is amazing. i will spread it around my own like facebook groups and you just talk to one person, get connected to another person, get connected to another person. it's been a lot of like gorilla marketing in that way. but we are working with like much bigger aid groups to get this everywhere but it's -- it's been hard to get in contact with them. everyone is so observe wellmed with messages, including me by now. >> and of course, you did use airbnb as an inspiration here. didn't you? to sort of strip it down. but talk to us about how your
A medical assistant at WellMed in Portland may have saved a man's life. He was having a stroke and was unable to communicate except for mumbles and movements, but she stayed on the phone with him for an hour -- keeping him conscious until a medical team could reach him.
A medical assistant at WellMed in Portland may have saved a man's life. He was having a stroke and was unable to communicate except for mumbles and movements, but she stayed on the phone with him for an hour -- keeping him conscious until a medical team could reach him.
wellmed. they are in crisis mode right now due to covid. what is the likelihood that we are going to see things like that across the country? >> well, we are seeing it in certain parts of the country right now due to delta and that likely will change in the next two to three weeks as i think omicron takes over delta. then, instead of seeing regional surges we are seeing with delta, much of the west right now is very low level with delta. parts of the south. i think omicron is going to be a national viral blizzard. and that we can expect to see substantial activity throughout all the states, just as we are now seeing it throughout all the countries. for the next three to eight weeks, i think we are going to be in a very, very difficult place. >> a national viral blizzard, you say. we got the news from the cdc a short time ago. 73% of new cases are omicron. what are the implications of that? >> well, you know, john, we got data today out of south africa that says that if you look at the number of patients presenting with omicron, versus delta, there is actually about a fourfold decrease likelihood of needing hospitalization or being
Fiesta-themed COVID-19 vaccination event taking place this Saturday Drive-through clinic will be at 2600 SW Military Drive Updated: Tags: FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio and WellMed will host a Fiesta-themed COVID-19 vaccination drive this Saturday on the South Side. The Johnson & Johnson shot will be offered while supplies last from 9 a.m.-noon in the parking lot of the 2600 Plaza building at 2600 SW Military Drive, near South Zarzamora Street.
Healthcare providers in San Antonio halt Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after clot reports Metro Health, UT Health, WellMed and University Health will only offer Pfizer or Moderna vaccines Updated: Tags: SAN ANTONIO – Update (12:30 p.m. Tuesday): The City of San Antonio has announced that local vaccine providers will stop administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control recommended to pause inoculations due to blood clots. Metro Health, UT Health, WellMed and University Health will halt the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until further notice, officials said. Earlier Tuesday, WellMed confirmed they will stop the single-dose vaccine.
A nurse prepares the first dose from a vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in Britain at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, Wednesday April 7, 2021. The Moderna vaccine is the third vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, which is to be given to patients in Wales from Wednesday, and the UK has so far ordered 17 million doses of the Moderna jab. (Jacob King/Pool via AP) SAN ANTONIO – WellMed has opened online registration for more than 4,000 first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. This comes after WellMed filled more than 3,000 single-shot Johnson & Johnson appointments for Monday and Tuesday at the Doris Griffin Senior Center, as of Sunday afternoon.
Skip to main content Currently Reading COVID milestone for Bexar County - 200,000 people have been fully vaccinated, more than the total number infected during the pandemic FacebookTwitterEmail Dominique De La Rosa receives an infusion of monoclonal antibodies to battle COVID-19 at the Freeman Coliseum complex on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. San Antonio's health care system is in crisis from the latest COVID-19 surge, and hospitals and local officials are doing everything they can to prevent the crisis from becoming a disaster.Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy Calzada San Antonio marked a milestone Saturday in its response to the coronavirus pandemic: The number of people fully vaccinated now exceeds the total number who were infected by the virus over the past year.