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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska, which led most U.S. states in coronavirus vaccinations months ago, took the drastic step on Wednesday of imposing crisis-care standards for its entire hospital system, declaring that a crushing surge in COVID-19 patients has forced rationing of strained medical resources.
Governor Mike Dunleavy and health officials announced the move as the tally of newly confirmed cases statewide reached another single-day record of 1,224 patients amid a wave of infections driven by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant among the unvaccinated.
The Delta variant is crippling our healthcare system. Its impacting everything from heart attacks to strokes to our children if they get in a bike accident, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaskas chief medical officer, said at a news conference with Dunleavy.
Idaho, another one of several largely rural states where COVID-19 cases have overwhelmed healthcare systems in recent weeks, activated its own crisis-care standards statewide last Thursday, citing a spike in hospitalizations that "has exhausted existing resources."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alaska-overwhelmed-by-covid-19-patients-adopts-crisis-standards-for-hospitals/ar-AAOILDU
rogue emissary
(3,147 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)1) Idaho
2) Montana
3) Alaska
No signs any of these states will leave this mode soon.
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)And they will blame everyone but themselves.
Tetrachloride
(7,721 posts)Lovie777
(11,986 posts)saying come vacation in Alaska because they are vaccinated.