COVID-19 Lockdown Exit Analysis

COVID-19 Lockdown Exit Analysis - 23rd Apr 2021 23rd Apr 2021 https://nfind.uk/lockdown_exit/index.php/newsletter=290 lockdown_exit COVID19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens

COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens

Associated Press COVID19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70 since the start of the year and deaths among them appear to have tumbled as well dramatic evidence the vaccination campaign is working. Now the trick is to get more of the nations younger people to roll up their sleeves. The dropoff in severe cases among Americans 65 and older is especially encouraging because senior citizens have accounted for about 8 out of 10 deaths from the virus since it hit the U.S. where the toll stands at about 570000. COVID19 deaths among people of all ages in the U.S. have plummeted to about 700 per day on average compared with a peak of over 3400 in midJanuary. What youre seeing there is exactly what we hoped and wanted to see As really high rates of vaccinations happen hospitalizations and death rates come down said Jodie Guest a public health researcher at Emory University. https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-hospitalizations-tumble-us-senior-citizens-37f5a0ca5ab76149c1e9bfca9e34eadf 22nd Apr 2021 Burned out by the pandemic 3 in 10 healthcare workers consider leaving the profession

Almost one-third of health care workers thought about leaving jobs: poll

The Washington Post The doctors bag now sits in his closet gathering dust. He lost his stethoscope somewhere in the house a familiar weight that sat on his neck for two decades. Its been months since Justin Meschler 48 practiced medicine. And he wonders if he ever will again. He quit his job as an anesthesiologist during the pandemic last spring when fear began seeping into every part of his life. And what began as a few months off has now turned into something much longer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/22/health-workers-covid-quit/ 22nd Apr 2021 Almost onethird of health care workers thought about leaving jobs poll

Almost one-third of health care workers thought about leaving jobs: poll

The Hill Almost onethird of health care workers considered leaving their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic according to a new Washington PostKaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday. Twentynine percent of health care workers said they considered no longer working in health care while 71 percent said they never thought about changing their careers. The survey underscores the strain health care workers have been under since the start of the pandemic. Fiftyfive percent of the workers said they felt burned out 62 percent said the pandemic had a negative impact on their mental health and 47 percent said they either had trouble sleeping or are sleeping too much as a result of the stress. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/549682-almost-one-third-of-health-care-workers-thought-about-leaving-jobs-poll 22nd Apr 2021 Nation Faces HandtoHand Combat to Get Reluctant Americans Vaccinated

Nation Faces ‘Hand-to-Hand Combat’ to Get Reluctant Americans Vaccinated

The New York Times Now that President Biden has met his goal to have all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine health officials around the country are hitting what appears to be a soft ceiling More than half the nations adults have received at least one dose but it is going to take hard work and some creative changes in strategy to convince the rest. State health officials business leaders policymakers and politicians are struggling to figure out how to tailor their messages and their tactics to persuade not only the vaccine hesitant but also the indifferent. Officials in many states are looking past mass vaccination sites and toward having patients get vaccinated by their own doctors where people are most at ease a shift that will require the Biden administration to ship vaccine in much smaller quantities. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-rates.html 22nd Apr 2021 How India Became the Coronavirus Pandemic Ground Zero