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U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, according to a COVID-19 tracker by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 166,555 new cases on Sunday, with 1,266 new deaths.
The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases. Positive test rates and hospitalization rates are on the rise across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[...] Hospitalizations continue to climb. More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, more than ever before.
The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities in the U.S. According to data from the CDC as of Nov. 7, hospitalization rates for Hispanic or Latino people are 4.2 times higher than that of white people. American Indian or Alaska Native people have been hospitalized at 4.1 times the rate of white people, with Black people being hospitalized at 3.9 times the rate of white people.
[...] The Trump administration has blocked the current coronavirus task force from communicating with President-elect Biden's team.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Monday November 16 2020, @09:35PM (4 children)
I wonder if it would be feasible to temporarily convert some school buildings that aren't being used by children doing remote learning.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday November 16 2020, @09:58PM
Convert them in nurses? (grin)
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday November 16 2020, @10:20PM (1 child)
I think that's a great idea.
Near me, back in April or so, the Army Corps of Engineers came in and did just that to a recently closed school. Buildings were in good condition. No clue how much $ and effort were spent, but it never got used.
While I'm on the topic, in my area hospital / healthcare systems were laying people off in droves over the past 6 months.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @05:33AM
The layoffs are because hospitals have staff specialization and make more money on elective procedures. Many of the medical professionals and paraprofessionals have specialized training. If you aren't doing certain medical treatments, then you don't need to spend the money keeping on the people who do that sort of job. Also if you aren't doing your moneymaking procedures, you are losing money as a system. Combined together, you have redundant staff that not only can't make you money but are costing you money. The smart business decision is to try and move them to things that can make money, which isn't always an option, or lay them off. Now that medical systems are starting to have increased demand, that trend might reverse. But that doesn't do anything about the issue of them not making less money or the retraining that would require. Nor does it fix the issue of long-term sustainability damaging the system as a whole.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday November 17 2020, @01:41AM
Well, you might be able to put up something equivalent to a field hospital in a school building. It sure wouldn't pass any normal standards. I suppose, though, it could keep people out of sight until they died or "recovered".
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