Retiring Guy's Digest: Trumpy Kewaunee County, on fire with the virus, makes its contribution to the state's hopsital paralysis

Saturday, December 4, 2021

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

In the first 4 days of the reporting period, Kewanee has already exceededc its previous week's tally of new Covid cases by 25%.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/3/2021

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.
Ken Nelson, the chief nursing executive for HSHS Wisconsin, said that many patients come to the hospital in the early stages of COVID-19 infection and get admitted before their illness peaks. Once admitted, their stay is longer than a normal patient “by a significant amount,” Nelson said.

Trump received 61.5% of the vote in 2016 and 65.5% of the vote in 2020.

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