The covid-19 pandemic has been raging in the United States for two years, and the number of COVID-19 patients in the United States has been skyrocketing, with more than 1 million confirmed cases a day at its peak. The cumulative number of confirmed cases has already exceeded 50 million, and more than 800,000 people have died due to new crown pneumonia.
Observers say that in the United States, whether it is the Delta mutation or the Aomi kerong mutation strain, as soon as it appears, it can quickly become popular in the United States. The United States has become a battlefield for the new crown pneumonia mutant virus.
In stark contrast to the surge in the number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the United States, there is still a shortage of medical supplies and a serious shortage of medical personnel in the United States.
There is a large shortage of medical staff in the United States
Many healthcare workers are exhausted and still unable to cope with the growing COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, many medical staff have contracted the new crown virus for various reasons and have to stop working and take vacations.
In this case, the shortage of medical personnel in the United States is more prominent, which makes it more difficult to prevent and treat the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and it is more difficult to stop the increase in the number of confirmed cases.
It is understood that in the United States, there are already 1200 hospitals with a serious shortage of personnel, accounting for more than 1/5. It is predicted that the number of understaffed hospitals is still increasing.
California proposes a new solution to the problem
As a last resort, hospitals in many parts of the United States require employees who have been infected with the new crown virus to continue to work, hoping that this method will solve the problem of manpower shortage.
California set a precedent, with the state's health authority saying that as long as there are no symptoms, even if the coronavirus is a positive result, it will not affect work. Some districts said medical work was not affected even with mild symptoms.
The idea of caring for severely ill patients with mild diseases is indeed strange in the United States, but the risk is extremely high, and it is likely to turn mild diseases into severe diseases, and even make hospitals a place for the spread of the virus, because the disease they have to deal with is an infectious disease.
So the California Health Department's decision was opposed by the state's Nurses Association, which they said would only increase the risk of the virus spreading and would not be able to better care for patients.
In fact, the DECISION OFC is also at higher risk. Healthcare workers who do not have symptoms can return to work after 7 days if the nucleic acid test is not negative, rather than using the usual 14-day isolation method, the center said.
As we all know, the new crown virus often has hidden transmission, and sometimes a dozen nucleic acid tests may be negative, but in the end, it is diagnosed as a new crown pneumonia patient. The fact that the United States has to take risks shows that the US government has indeed been chaotic in dealing with the new crown pneumonia epidemic. In fact, China's experience in prevention and control is very mature, but the United States is unwilling to use it, because the United States has ideological prejudice against China.
Part of the reference information source: China News Network