Trumpy Shawano County, on fire with the virus, makes its contribution to the state's hopsital paralysis

 

In the first 4 days of the latest reporting period, the number of new cases in Shawano County is already 50% higher than the previous week.  

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/3/2021

Dr. Ashok Rai, CEO of Prevea, said on Friday that, because about 20% of hospital beds at Prevea and HSHS Wisconsin are being taken up by COVID-19 patients, patients from smaller hospitals outside of Green Bay can't be admitted. But he made clear that Green Bay residents should still go to be the hospital if they're in need of care. 

“Everybody in our normal area that comes to the emergency department is getting great care. If you're getting sick here locally, you should come in," Rai said. "You're not the ones that are being transferred.” But things get complicated for those patients being transferred from smaller outlying hospitals. 

Because the majority of the COVID-19 patients coming in to the hospitals are unvaccinated, the duration of care is longer and patients require additional resources, which means patients needing to be transferred from smaller hospitals aren't able to receive care.  [emphasis added]

Trump received 64.5% of the vote in 2016, 67.1% in 2020.

49% of all Shawano County residents are fully vaccinated compared to 60% statewide. 

New York Times 

Shawano County boosted its 7-day average of new Covid cases with a tally of 48 yesterday,

New York Times

 

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