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Pfizer and Bionett released preliminary study results showing that their vaccine prevents more than 90% of infections with the virus that causes COVID-19.
Leaders of local hospitals on Friday sounded one more alarming warning about one more horrible hospital and sick, tired health care workers as the new coronavirus epidemic is always on the rise, and again wearing masks and pleading for social distance. Without taking action, patients can be removed from hospitals, they said.
TriHealth Regional Chief Medical Officer Dr. Helen Koselka said, “Please reconsider your Thanksgiving plans. “I am here on behalf of all the health care workers. Please help us. … Health care workers are tired. We are tired of seeing fear in our faces. A few days ago we were fed up with people in normal health passing by. “
For four weeks, hospital leaders in the region have been calling for warnings that the volume and number have increased. In a media briefing on Zoom on Friday, they made a futile assessment of the region’s epidemic load: the number of cases, hospital admissions and trends for death are almost straight up.
More than 90% of the hospitals have been occupied for about a week now, and no relief has been seen, they said. A projection released Friday by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that as of Nov. 11, Southwest Ohio hospitals cared for Covid-19,519 patients who could be infected with the new coronavirus, and by December 1, total . Be 997.
Chief Medical Officer of UC Health Fisher Dval. Evelyn Alessandrini warns that the possibility of stopping all nonsensical surgeries and procedures is becoming stronger every day as an option. He asked residents to create magic within the community by following public health instruction to wear masks in public and indoors, by washing hands and away from the face, keeping social distance from others and staying home when sick.
“Whenever we add another 20 or 100 patients with COVID, our ability to provide you with timely care is limited by the seconds you walk in the door,” Alessandrini said.
About 25,000 health care workers in Ohio have been infected with the new coronavirus, the Ohio Department of Health says. Of the 240 members of the Ohio Hospitals Association, 20% are reporting staff needs, said John Palmer, OHA’s executive director.
To thank and reward hospital staff for not only epidemics, but also for scatter and other job actions, TriHealth announced this week that on December 11, full-time employees will receive a $ 500 bonus each and part-time employees will receive 250 250 each. . Employees who were laid off last summer will also receive bonuses, according to Mark Clement, president and chief executive officer of TriHealth.
Mayor John Cranley, who was also part of the Zoom Briefing, announced that he was closing the City Hall to the public for the rest of the year to “lead by example” to install air purifiers in the building and promote social distance. With the metaphor of Shakespeare’s “Richard III”, Cranley said the field was going through “a really dark winter of our dissatisfaction.”
The psychiatrist of the regional planning team is Dr. Christ H. Hospital Spital Health Network. John F. Kennedy said in a zoom briefing that one obstacle to bringing in viral infections has been the message.
Its simplicity – mask up, stay away from others – doesn’t resonate with everyone, he said, a problem when everyone needs to change behavior to manage the risk of the virus. But people will change their behavior when they conclude that the change is consistent with their values.
“We verse engineer our perception of risk based on the values we take in it,” Kennedy said. “It’s not about risk. You have to think about compromise and whether we agree to it based on its values. And then we risk it.” If not, you are going to eliminate the risk if your values do not match the message. “
He said he hopes area branding and marketing companies can volunteer to help the health collaborator in diversifying the appeal of the message and finding the right people. He drew attention to Ohio’s video appeal by wearing a mask featuring former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tracel and Urban Meyer.
“It’s a good start,” Kennedy said. “But we need to segment the message for Cincinnati. Just because they are Ohio State doesn’t mean it will work here. “
