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Despite stockpiles, Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:41 — mike kraft

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he... AP NEWS

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many millions of N95 masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage. Yet doctors and nurses like Turner say there still aren’t nearly enough in the “ICU rooms with high-flow oxygen and COVID germs all over.”

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American Companies are having difficulties selling N95 masks despite shortages.

Wed, 2021-02-10 20:18 — mike kraft

A year into the pandemic, the disposable, virus-filtering N95 mask remains a coveted piece of protective gear. Continuing shortages have forced doctors and nurses to reuse their N95s, and ordinary Americans have scoured the internet — mostly in vain — to get them.

But Luis Arguello Jr. has plenty of N95s for sale — 30 million of them, in fact, which his family-run business, DemeTech, manufactured in its factories in Miami. He simply can’t seem to find buyers.

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Study indicates that statewide mask manadates results in up to 5.5. % reduction in hospitalization growth rates ation

Mon, 2021-02-08 19:09 — mike kraft

Decline in COVID-19 Hospitalization Growth Rates Associated with Statewide Mask Mandates — 10 States, March–October 2020

(MMWR) During March 22–October 17, 2020, 10 sites participating in the COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network in states with statewide mask mandates reported a decline in weekly COVID-19–associated hospitalization growth rates by up to 5.5 percentage points for adults aged 18–64 years after mandate implementation, compared with growth rates during the 4 weeks preceding implementation of the mandate. Mask-wearing is a component of a multipronged strategy to decrease exposure to and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reduce strain on the health care system, with likely direct effects on COVID-19 morbidity and associated mortality. ...

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Pamdemic trend: More people are choosing to die at home instead of in hospitals

Sun, 2021-02-07 15:21 — mike kraft

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit. With COVID-19 devastating... AP NEWS

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit.

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OVERVIEW: Worldwide Coronavirus Developments

Mon, 2021-02-01 12:03 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has agreed to help CureVac produce its experimental vaccine, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed Pfizer and its partner BionTech will deliver 75 million extra doses to the European Union in the second quarter. Reuters Staff U.S.

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ANALYSIS: Essential workers get lost in the vaccine scrum as states prioritize the elderly

Mon, 2021-02-01 10:18 — mike kraft

Essential workers get lost in the vaccine scrum as states prioritize the elderly As states try to speed rollout of coronavirus vaccines by adding people 65 and older to near the front of the line, front-line essential workers, who often face the highest risk of exposure to the virus, will be waiting longer to get protected, experts, union officials and workers say. Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Akilah Johnson Washington Post

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Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots

Sat, 2021-01-30 20:47 — mike kraft

Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots While millions of Americans wait for the COVID-19 vaccine, hospital board members, their trustees and donors around the country have gotten early access to the scarce drug or offers for... AP NEWS

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Pentagon close to reaching agreement to provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day if they're available

Fri, 2021-01-29 20:52 — mike kraft

Pentagon close to reaching agreement to provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day if they're available The Pentagon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are negotiating the final terms of an agreement that could see the military provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day. Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN CNN

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With All Eyes on Covid-19, Drug-Resistant Infections Crept In

Thu, 2021-01-28 15:37 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 took hold over the last year, hospitals and nursing homes used and reused scarce protective equipment — masks, gloves, gowns. This desperate frugality helped prevent the airborne transfer of the virus.

But it also appears to have helped spread a different set of germs — drug-resistant bacteria and fungi — that have used the chaos of the pandemic to grow opportunistically in health care settings around the globe.

These bacteria and fungi, like Covid-19, prey on older people, the infirm and those with compromised immune systems. They can cling tenaciously to clothing and medical equipment, which is why nursing homes and hospitals before the pandemic were increasingly focused on cleaning rooms and changing gowns to prevent their spread.

That emphasis all but slipped away amid an all-consuming focus on the coronavirus. In fact, experts warn, the changes in hygiene and other practices caused by the Covid-19 fight are likely to have contributed to the spread of these drug-resistant germs.

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