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08-11-2021, 02:18 PM
By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News
Updated 1526 GMT (2326 HKT) November 7, 2021
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More than 10,000 patients were diagnosed with covid in a U.S. hospital last year after they were admitted for something else
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The number is certainly an undercount, since it includes mostly patients 65 and older
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About 21% of the patients who contracted covid in the hospital from April to September last year died
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After her husband tested positive, Cindy Johnson, trained in contact tracing, quickly got a covid test. She tested negative. Then she thought about the large number of hospital staffers flowing into and out of his room — where he was often unmasked — and suspected a staff member had infected him. That the hospital, part of the HCA Healthcare chain, still has not mandated staff vaccinations is "appalling," she said.
There are also breaches such as not providing protective wear etc. Much much better to read the full article at: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/07/healt...index.html
Updated 1526 GMT (2326 HKT) November 7, 2021
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More than 10,000 patients were diagnosed with covid in a U.S. hospital last year after they were admitted for something else
......
The number is certainly an undercount, since it includes mostly patients 65 and older
......
About 21% of the patients who contracted covid in the hospital from April to September last year died
......
After her husband tested positive, Cindy Johnson, trained in contact tracing, quickly got a covid test. She tested negative. Then she thought about the large number of hospital staffers flowing into and out of his room — where he was often unmasked — and suspected a staff member had infected him. That the hospital, part of the HCA Healthcare chain, still has not mandated staff vaccinations is "appalling," she said.
There are also breaches such as not providing protective wear etc. Much much better to read the full article at: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/07/healt...index.html
