Is the U.S. back to normal? No, the epidemic is getting worse, and more and more people are dying. At the same time, American society continues to tear apart over vaccinations, and those who oppose vaccination still refuse to be vaccinated, which has led to more people getting infected and dying. In michigan, where vaccination rates are low, for example, more patients have been hospitalized for Covid-19 this week than ever before, with a local hospital saying "we have more patients now than ever before and we're seeing more deaths than ever before." At the same time, according to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:22 Beijing time on December 11, 2021, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States 49788804, and the cumulative number of deaths 796349. In the past 24 hours, there have been 159225 new confirmed cases and 2237 new deaths in the United States
1. The patient dies at a rate never seen before
Covid-19 patients at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, are dying at a "rate we've never seen before," which has affected healthcare workers. Hospital nurse Sefton never imagined that Covid-19 would get so bad, especially in the late stages of the pandemic, "I really hope we (all) are vaccinated and everything will be back to normal,"
This week, Michigan is hospitalized with Covid-19 more patients than ever before. According to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Covid-19 hospitalization rates jumped 88 percent over the past month. Jim Dover, president and CEO of sparrow Health System, said, "We now have more patients than ever before, and we see more deaths than ever before," "We've had about 289 deaths since January; 75 percent have not been vaccinated, and a very small number of (those who have been vaccinated) have died more than 6 months ago, So none of our people who have been given the booster vaccine have died of Covid. ”
And among the new Covid-19 victims, Seifferton said she noticed a disturbing trend. Sefton, who has 20 years of nursing experience, said, "We see a lot of young people and I think it's a bit challenging. She also recalls helping a young man's family say goodbye to their loved ones, "It was a terrible night, and one day I came home and cried." ”
2) The United States has not yet reached its peak
It's not just Michigan that's facing the winter that Comes with Covid-19. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covid-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. have increased by 40 percent from a month ago. And this year marks the first holiday season of the relentless spread of Delta flu, which is far more contagious than the situation Americans faced last winter. Sefton said, "We've been saying we haven't reached the top yet. ”
Meanwhile, health experts say the best way to fight Delta virus is to get vaccinated and boost immunity. But as of Thursday, only about 64.3 percent of eligible Americans had been fully vaccinated, compared with less than a third of those eligible. Danielle Williams, a nurse at Sparro Hospital, said most of her Covid-19 patients were not vaccinated and she didn't know they would be hit so hard by Covid-19.
Danielle Williams said bitterly, "They lived a normal life before they went to the hospital. They were healthy people, and they went out to celebrate Thanksgiving, and right here they were, with respirators on, staring at me with tearful eyes and asking me if they really wanted to live. ”
3) The next few weeks will look hard and will collapse
Jim Dover, president and CEO of sparrow Health System, said he was saddened but not surprised that Michigan had been hit by Covid-19, "Michigan is not one of the highest vaccinated states in the country. So it continues to have all sorts of different growths and expansions across the state, and the next few weeks look tough", "Our hospital now has more than 100% capacity." ”
"Most of Michigan's hospitals and health systems have gone into the red classification, which means they don't accept transfers," Dover said. As we enter the holidays, if we're growing today, we expect to see 200 hospitalized Covid-19 patients per day by the end of this month. This means, Dover says, "definitely pushing us to the brink of collapse," "We've stopped elective surgery for inpatients, and to increase capacity, we've converted our post-anesthesia recovery care unit into another intensive care unit." ”
4. "Go get vaccinated, it's not political"
Dover also said that many people ask them how they can support health care workers, "If you really want to support your employees, you really want to support medical heroes, then go get vaccinated, it's not political." We need everyone to be vaccinated. ”
He also urged those who have previously been infected with Covid-19 to get vaccinated because some may be re-infected, "My daughter is a good example, she got Covid twice before she was eligible to get vaccinated, she still got the vaccine because we know that if you don't get vaccinated, just having Covid virus is not enough to protect you from getting it again, and that's my personal experience." ”
Dover said those who are not vaccinated should not underestimate the current pandemic, "The problem is, this is not over yet." I don't know if people realize how important it is still, but when they come to the emergency room, they realize it and they have to wait for three days for bed. In that moment, they will realize this. ”