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TexasTowelie

(117,532 posts)
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 07:00 AM Aug 2021

'We can't afford another COVID surge' - NGHS begs people to get vaccine, mask up

Fatigued physically and mentally, Northeast Georgia Health System staff made a plea for people to get vaccinated and follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines amid a spike in COVID-19 cases

“We are really, really trying hard,” said Dr. Supriya Mannepalli, Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s medical director of infectious disease medicine. “If there is one plea to the community, that is ‘go get vaccinated and please wear masks as recommended by the CDC and follow the other measures.’ Because if these numbers continue to increase — we’re close to 100 (COVID patients) today — our staff, they’re all tired. We cannot afford another surge to the peak where we went in the winter.”

The number of COVID-19 patients being treated has nearly tripled across Northeast Georgia Health System in the past week. Of those cases, 90% were unvaccinated.

NGHS reported 91 COVID-positive patients Friday, July 30, across its facilities, up from 32 a week previous. The average age of those patients was 60.

Read more: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/health-care/we-cant-afford-another-covid-surge-nghs-begs-people-to-get-vaccine-mask-up/

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'We can't afford another COVID surge' - NGHS begs people to get vaccine, mask up (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2021 OP
Angry as hell to read this........... secondwind Aug 2021 #1
I hope they comply with Dr. Mannepalli's request. Glorfindel Aug 2021 #2
The IRONY is...they are most likely REPUBLICANS. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2021 #3
I was in Gainesville Saturday and almost no one I saw was masked. brer cat Aug 2021 #4
That area went 70% for trump and voted for Andrew Clyde who called 1/6 insurrectionists "tourists." Hoyt Aug 2021 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,172 posts)
3. The IRONY is...they are most likely REPUBLICANS.
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 08:06 AM
Aug 2021

Coming down with the Delta variant of COVID, spreading it to others. Those wanting to get vaccinated, are sandwiched in the middle with perhaps little access to the vaccines.

Bad scenario. Sad too. Stupidity kills.

brer cat

(26,495 posts)
4. I was in Gainesville Saturday and almost no one I saw was masked.
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 08:44 AM
Aug 2021

I hope they are successful in reaching out, but I'm not optimistic. I live in the mountains north of Hall Co. and our two local hospitals' Covid beds are full.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. That area went 70% for trump and voted for Andrew Clyde who called 1/6 insurrectionists "tourists."
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 09:24 AM
Aug 2021
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