COVID-19 hospitalizations increase as nationwide nursing shortage strikes Wisconsin

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Not a good combination': COVID-19 hospitalizations increase as nationwide nursing shortage strikes Wisconsin

https://cbs58.com/news/not-a-good-combination-covid-19-hospitalizations-increase-as-nationwide-nursing-shortage-strikes-wisconsin


By: Gabriella Bachara


Posted: Aug 31, 2021 4:07 PM CDT



MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58)-- Two nationwide COVID-19 trends are hitting home. Wisconsin is experiencing a rise in hospitalizations, and struggling to find enough nurses to care for those patients.

"Increasing hospitalizations coupled with staffing shortages is not a good combination," Associate Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin Dr. Ben Weston said during Tuesday's Milwaukee County COVID-19 briefing.

Weston fears Milwaukee County is headed in a dangerous direction. There are 243 people in the hospital, the highest it's been since early January.

"We haven't reached a point where we're turning away patients," Weston said.

That might not be the case for long. About 85 percent of ICU beds are occupied in the Milwaukee area. Plus, there's not enough health care workers.
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"There does not exist such a microchip with tracking capabilities that can fit through needles and be injected into our bodies," Weston said.

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1. My fear is they will get Illinois nurses because vaccine is mandated here for all

health care professionals and those working in health care settings. Wisconsin is not doing the right thing. Illinois is.

For now our numbers are better except in the parts of Illinois where it's antivax anti mask.