US shockingly unready ... ‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus conncerns

[toobfreak]

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned. . ."

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

can't make it up

Wildly unprepared: they haven't time to prepare for people with flu-like symptoms, coughing and fever, but they have time to take a survey. One nurse volunteers to risk herself to treat a virus patient then complains because she too picked it up. Meantime, 0.000003719% of the population have been infected and 0.0000001055% of the US population has actually died from it. Meantime, an average of 36,000 die every year in the US from regular flu.

But Trump is way unprepared. Unprepared for a bug we have never seen before and didn't know existed.

Trump is also unprepared for an asteroid strike and should have 1 trillion in equipment and readiness waiting just in case.

Trump is also unprepared for a super-volcano and should have 1 trillion in equipment and readiness waiting just in case.

And heaven help us if we get a massive 8.0 earthquake, fissure in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean or panic stock selling by idiots like him hoping just that will happen.

Damn Trump. He just wasn't prepared.

 

[toobfreak]

The coronavirus has a 20x fatality rate compared to the flu and appears to be very infectious.

so? what's that mean? there is no way for you to even know any number since there aren't enough people being reported. so you're factually wrong.

Then, you're ok with the spread of the flu? gotcha. so you don't care 20,000 people died from it? I'm trying to understand your philosophy, but it fell in the toilet.

AMERICA: 300X less likely to catch Covid than if you were in Italy.

700X less likely to die from Covid than if you are in Italy.
​

Pinhead Tard conclusion: Trump is incompetent and unprepared and we need to do a better job like Europe.

Infections in America are progressing at the same rate as Italy's did at the same time from the first known case.

The virus has been spreading longer in Italy than in the USA.

It is illogical to think that italy got the commie virus a month sooner than America

but it helps spin the story he's trying to push. you know one of those honest americans rooting for everyone to get it.

Meantime, the normal flu is no big whoop, and so far, we have had 0.001055% or about 1/950th the number of deaths from Covid! Dang! These Democrats really must be scared they'll miss the vote this fall!

 

[Harry Dresden]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

you believe everything china is saying about this thing?...

 

[Mac-7]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

you believe everything china is saying about this thing?...

I dont believe anything the chinese say

 

[Likkmee]

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

Why even dignify this moonbat garbagehead with questions? USA unprepared compared to Europe? The USA is 33X the size of Italy. Italy has 12,462 cases and 827 deaths. By that measure, we ought to have 411,000 cases and 27,000 deaths. Instead, we have only 1300 cases and 38 deaths. These pinheads cannot put down their bullshit anti-America ranting and come together even in a time of national strife.

They said Trump isn't doing enough, now Trump suspends EU travel for a month among many other things. I can't wait for them to now start claiming Trump is wrecking the world economy.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

Wow, I'm stunned you're not blaming all of this on Trump !!!! Impressive.

 

[Astrostar]

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

Why even dignify this moonbat garbagehead with questions? USA unprepared compared to Europe? The USA is 33X the size of Italy. Italy has 12,462 cases and 827 deaths. By that measure, we ought to have 411,000 cases and 27,000 deaths. Instead, we have only 1300 cases and 38 deaths. These pinheads cannot put down their bullshit anti-America ranting and come together even in a time of national strife.

They said Trump isn't doing enough, now Trump suspends EU travel for a month among many other things. I can't wait for them to now start claiming Trump is wrecking the world economy.

Thank you. Yes, Impeached Trump is not only wrecking the US economy but the European economy as well by stopping flights to the US from Europe. He is utterly clueless.

BTW, why doesn't he share his Coronavirus test results???

 

[Likkmee]

Even them thar Rooskiez inter-FEAR in that. Everyone knows Jack Daniels is superior @#2.....Bacardi 151 wins but it's from them Mexirikoanz,,,,er Puertero Ricanz....same difference

 

[Harry Dresden]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

you believe everything china is saying about this thing?...

I dont believe anything the chinese say

apparently the denizen does....

 

[theHawk]

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

Why even dignify this moonbat garbagehead with questions? USA unprepared compared to Europe? The USA is 33X the size of Italy. Italy has 12,462 cases and 827 deaths. By that measure, we ought to have 411,000 cases and 27,000 deaths. Instead, we have only 1300 cases and 38 deaths. These pinheads cannot put down their bullshit anti-America ranting and come together even in a time of national strife.

They said Trump isn't doing enough, now Trump suspends EU travel for a month among many other things. I can't wait for them to now start claiming Trump is wrecking the world economy.

Thank you. Yes, Impeached Trump is not only wrecking the US economy but the European economy as well by stopping flights to the US from Europe. He is utterly clueless.

BTW, why doesn't he share his Coronavirus test results???

Now President Trump is “wrecking” the economy of Europe. Not the Chinese Coronavirus.

 

[Mac-7]

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

Why even dignify this moonbat garbagehead with questions? USA unprepared compared to Europe? The USA is 33X the size of Italy. Italy has 12,462 cases and 827 deaths. By that measure, we ought to have 411,000 cases and 27,000 deaths. Instead, we have only 1300 cases and 38 deaths. These pinheads cannot put down their bullshit anti-America ranting and come together even in a time of national strife.

They said Trump isn't doing enough, now Trump suspends EU travel for a month among many other things. I can't wait for them to now start claiming Trump is wrecking the world economy.

Thank you. Yes, Impeached Trump is not only wrecking the US economy but the European economy as well by stopping flights to the US from Europe. He is utterly clueless.

BTW, why doesn't he share his Coronavirus test results???

Now President Trump is “wrecking” the economy of Europe. Not the Chinese Coronavirus.

Its hard to follow the demented logic of the anti trump crowd

and it lowers your IQ for 24 hours every time you do

 

[Denizen]

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

can't make it up

Please don't thank me for dispelling your ignorance.

well you explain these numbers and why you weren't concerned with the flu outbreak?

Declared Pandemic

The coronavirus has a 20x fatality rate compared to the flu and appears to be very infectious.

You are out of step

responsible libs concede the death rate is about 1% at worst

in south korea its .7%

Is Dopey Donald Trump patient zero? Follow the cadavers.

Doctor Dopey Donald Trump is shocked by his own inaction:

Coronavirus live updates: More than 127,000 people have been infected and over 4,700 have died. The US has reported 38 deaths. Here's everything we know.

... The US has reported at least 1,358 cases and confirmed 38 coronavirus deaths: 30 in Washington state, four in California, two in Florida, and one each in New Jersey and South Dakota. ...

 

[Denizen]

well you explain these numbers and why you weren't concerned with the flu outbreak?

Declared Pandemic

The coronavirus has a 20x fatality rate compared to the flu and appears to be very infectious.

so? what's that mean? there is no way for you to even know any number since there aren't enough people being reported. so you're factually wrong.

Then, you're ok with the spread of the flu? gotcha. so you don't care 20,000 people died from it? I'm trying to understand your philosophy, but it fell in the toilet.

AMERICA: 300X less likely to catch Covid than if you were in Italy.

700X less likely to die from Covid than if you are in Italy.
​

Pinhead Tard conclusion: Trump is incompetent and unprepared and we need to do a better job like Europe.

Infections in America are progressing at the same rate as Italy's did at the same time from the first known case.

The virus has been spreading longer in Italy than in the USA.

It is illogical to think that italy got the commie virus a month sooner than America

Follow the cadavers.

 

[toobfreak]

The coronavirus has a 20x fatality rate compared to the flu and appears to be very infectious.

so? what's that mean? there is no way for you to even know any number since there aren't enough people being reported. so you're factually wrong.

Then, you're ok with the spread of the flu? gotcha. so you don't care 20,000 people died from it? I'm trying to understand your philosophy, but it fell in the toilet.

AMERICA: 300X less likely to catch Covid than if you were in Italy.

700X less likely to die from Covid than if you are in Italy.
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Pinhead Tard conclusion: Trump is incompetent and unprepared and we need to do a better job like Europe.

Infections in America are progressing at the same rate as Italy's did at the same time from the first known case.

The virus has been spreading longer in Italy than in the USA.

It is illogical to think that italy got the commie virus a month sooner than America

Follow the cadavers.

What cadavers? I just figured out that Covid-19 deaths equal 0.4% of all deaths in the world so far this year. That means that 99.6% of all deaths were from something else. Maybe you ought to worry about THOSE cadavers.

 

[initforme]

It's amazing that the richest nation in the world is unprepared for something like this and it's not Trump's fault. Even if preparedness takes trillions there is no reason for supplies not to be ready. Enough of worrying about the wealthy.

 

[Denizen]

It's amazing that the richest nation in the world is unprepared for something like this and it's not Trump's fault. Even if preparedness takes trillions there is no reason for supplies not to be ready. Enough of worrying about the wealthy.

It is Trump's fault. The only tool he has in his tool bag is lies and it is not working in the absence of red-hat wearing howling mobs.

 

[initforme]

Cost should not be considered in the fight.

 

[Godboy]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

can't make it up

Please don't thank me for dispelling your ignorance.

Youre the ignorant one who thinks Trump is responsible for the coronavirus spread in the US. Trump cant make testing kits and he cant diagnose people. All he can do is try to alleviate peoples fears, but you lefties are dead set against that. You see this as an opportunity to win the election. Thats fucked up.

 

[candycorn]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus

Victoria Bekiempis

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 19.27 GMT

A survey by National Nurses United found that only 63% had access to N95 respirators in their units.

As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.

Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.

National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a survey of more than 6,500 nurses across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed – 44% – said their employers provided them information on novel coronavirus and “how to recognize and respond to possible cases”.

Washington state residents frustrated over obstacles to get coronavirus tests

Just 63% of nurses surveyed had access to N95 respirators in their units, while a mere 27% had access to powered air purifying respirators.

Only 30% of survey participants said that their employers had enough personal protective equipment (PPE) stocked in the event of a quick uptick in potential coronavirus patients, while 38% didn’t know.

Sixty-five per cent of nurses in the survey said they had been trained in safely using PPE in the year prior.

During an NNU news conference Thursday, organization officials read one northern California nurse’s shocking description of her own healthcare ordeal stemming from Covid-19.

“As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. I know because I am currently sick and in quarantine after caring for a patient who tested positive,” the unnamed nurse said in her statement. “I’m awaiting permission from the federal government to allow for my testing, even after my physician and county health professional ordered it.”

The nurse said that she volunteered to be on a team caring for this patient, who was known to have coronavirus.

“I did this assuming that if something happened to me, of course I, too, would be cared for,” the statement said. “Then, what was a small concern after a few days of caring for this patient, became my reality: I started getting sick.”

The nurse’s employer placed her on a 14-day self-quarantine because her symptoms matched potential coronavirus. While her doctor and local public health officials approved a test, she said, “the national [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would not initiate testing”.

“They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn’t have the coronavirus,” she said in her statement.

The nurse said that the CDC called back, claiming there was “an issue with something called the identifier number”.

“They claim they prioritize running samples by illness severity and that there are only so many to give out each day. So I have to wait in line to find out the results,” her statement said. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency! I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.”

An emergency room nurse at a private hospital in New York City’s Bronx borough told the Guardian that her department – already stretched thin from handling 300 to 400 patients daily on scant staff – was “wildly unprepared” for coronavirus. As of Thursday afternoon, this state has 22 confirmed coronavirus cases.

Hospital administrators recently restricted practitioners’ access to N95 masks, claiming it was “because of the national shortage”, this nurse said. Now, healthcare workers there have to seek a manager’s permission to obtain one of these respirators – even if someone walks into the ER who presents coronavirus concerns.

Upon being screened in the triage area, patients with concerning symptoms would be isolated. Logistically, this means that nurses’ requests for masks would come after potential exposure.

Right after access to N95 masks was curtailed, nurses would have to find the day’s supervising nurse, who would have to call a unit manager, who would then have to call the supply room for masks. At that point, somebody would have to get these masks from the supply room, and bring them to the ER, she said.

After nurses protested the onerous process, some N95 marks were placed in a locked cart on the floor, and some with the supervising nurse. But they were only size regular, which would be too big for her and some other nurses – rendering them useless, she said.

Several patients with respiratory symptoms who tested negative for common respiratory ailments – a red flag indicating that testing for coronavirus might be necessary – never got tested. One was released from the hospital, while several more wound up being treated for general respiratory symptoms, she said.

When this nurse voiced concerns to management, she claims to have been warned: “stop freaking out and stop scaring everybody”.

David Pratt, a health and safety representative at the New York State Nurses Association, said that, due to policies on the federal and local hospital level, “there is increasing concern among our members, among nurses, about the lack of preparedness of many of our facilities”.

New York state only recently received permission to conduct its own coronavirus tests, which had delayed diagnoses. In addition to supply concerns, staffing issues remain key.

Hospitals would need to dedicate one nurse and one aide to a coronavirus patient, Pratt said. “With that, you’ve really taken a couple of staff people out of the mix. Who’s making up for that?”

“It makes it much more difficult if your system is already overwhelmed,” he continued.

How Government Red Tape Stymied Testing and Made the Coronavirus Epidemic Worse

 

[theHawk]

"As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector."

Medical personnel are in the front line of the coronavirus fight and they are at high-risk themselves with a number of medical personnel having died in China from coronavirus infection.

Despite the assurances of Trump and Pence, the US appears very underprepared despite having foreknowledge of the rate of spread and consequences of infection.

Equipment is short, training is short and there is no preparedness for the accommodation of large numbers of infected people. There is no plan.

‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns

And how did Commie China and Socialist Europe do?

They are not combatting the virus with ignorance and lies like Dopey Donald Trump is.

can't make it up

Please don't thank me for dispelling your ignorance.

Youre the ignorant one who thinks Trump is responsible for the coronavirus spread in the US. Trump cant make testing kits and he cant diagnose people. All he can do is try to alleviate peoples fears, but you lefties are dead set against that. You see this as an opportunity to win the election. Thats fucked up.

Den-Yi-Zen is a Chinese troll, he must do as China bids. China is trying to blame the US for its Wuhan Coronavirus. You’ll notice that all MSM will not call it “Chinese Coronavirus” anymore.