Fogdog
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This, from Idaho a couple of months ago:
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is killing people
www.mtexpress.com
People are dying unnecessarily, and it’s a crime, with a list of suspects that shouldn’t surprise anyone: Fox News talking heads attacking medical experts, Republican lawmakers stirring doubt about vaccines and social media companies allowing vaccine disinformation to overwhelm sound medical advice.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an unusual advisory Thursday labeling health misinformation an “urgent public health threat,” calling it “one of the biggest obstacles that’s preventing us from ending this pandemic.”
“Today, we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said from the White House. “Simply put, health misinformation has cost us lives.”
Like @PJ Diaz , they didn't listen:
Idaho expands Crisis Standards of Care statewide due to surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has activated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) in accordance with IDAPA 16.02.09 – Crisis Standards of Care For Healthcare Entities. CSC is activated statewide because the massive increase of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization in all areas of the state has exhausted existing resources. CSC was activated on Sept. 6 in North Idaho. This activation, declared today, expands the declaration to the rest of the state.
This action was taken after St. Luke’s Health System requested that CSC be activated. DHW Director Dave Jeppesen convened the CSC Activation Advisory Committee virtually on Sept. 15. The committee recommended that CSC be activated statewide.
“Our hospitals and healthcare systems need our help. The best way to end crisis standards of care is for more people to get vaccinated. It dramatically reduces your chances of having to go to the hospital if you do get sick from COVID-19. In addition, please wear a mask indoors in public and outdoors when it’s crowded to help slow the spread” said DHW Director Jeppesen. “The situation is dire – we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.”
It really doesn't matter any more. We have about four more months of this horror. Meanwhile, a round of booster shots will be given according to need. Age 65 and older are first. Anti-vaxxers, on the other hand will face another round of covid infections. Why not? If they didn't get it the first time, why expect them to get the second?
It is time to consider a two tier insurance system where antivaxxers pay for the extra cost of treating them. That and banning them from being out in public.
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is killing people
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is killing people
These recent headlines tell the story of a crime:
People are dying unnecessarily, and it’s a crime, with a list of suspects that shouldn’t surprise anyone: Fox News talking heads attacking medical experts, Republican lawmakers stirring doubt about vaccines and social media companies allowing vaccine disinformation to overwhelm sound medical advice.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an unusual advisory Thursday labeling health misinformation an “urgent public health threat,” calling it “one of the biggest obstacles that’s preventing us from ending this pandemic.”
“Today, we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said from the White House. “Simply put, health misinformation has cost us lives.”
Like @PJ Diaz , they didn't listen:
Idaho expands Crisis Standards of Care statewide due to surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has activated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) in accordance with IDAPA 16.02.09 – Crisis Standards of Care For Healthcare Entities. CSC is activated statewide because the massive increase of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization in all areas of the state has exhausted existing resources. CSC was activated on Sept. 6 in North Idaho. This activation, declared today, expands the declaration to the rest of the state.
This action was taken after St. Luke’s Health System requested that CSC be activated. DHW Director Dave Jeppesen convened the CSC Activation Advisory Committee virtually on Sept. 15. The committee recommended that CSC be activated statewide.
“Our hospitals and healthcare systems need our help. The best way to end crisis standards of care is for more people to get vaccinated. It dramatically reduces your chances of having to go to the hospital if you do get sick from COVID-19. In addition, please wear a mask indoors in public and outdoors when it’s crowded to help slow the spread” said DHW Director Jeppesen. “The situation is dire – we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.”
It really doesn't matter any more. We have about four more months of this horror. Meanwhile, a round of booster shots will be given according to need. Age 65 and older are first. Anti-vaxxers, on the other hand will face another round of covid infections. Why not? If they didn't get it the first time, why expect them to get the second?
It is time to consider a two tier insurance system where antivaxxers pay for the extra cost of treating them. That and banning them from being out in public.
