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Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy activates crisis standards of care for entire state to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals

Author:     Zaz Hollander
Source:     Anchorage Daily News
Publication Date:     22 September 2021
 Link: Alaska Gov. Dunleavy activates crisis standards of care for entire state to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals
Stephan:   It seems to me that most are just tired of Covid, and don't want to talk about it or think about it at any depth beyond wearing, or not wearing, their mask. But whether people want to focus on it or not 2,000 people a day are dying of Covid, and 90+% of them were unvaccinated. Alaska has now gone into crisis care mode, which means if you live in Alaska, and you are in a car wreck, you may or may not be able to get care. If you need kidney dialysis you probably won't be able to get care. We are watching the American health care system collapse because of the selfishness and stupidity of the anti-vaxxers who are the ones crowding other people out of the hospitals in their area.
An Anchorage Fire Department ambulance arrives at the emergency department entrance at Providence Alaska Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Credit: Loren Holmes / ADN

Alaska is activating crisis standards of care for the entire state, a drastic step that signals staff shortages and influx of COVID-19 patients could make it impossible for some hospitals to treat everyone.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and top Alaska Department of Health and Social Services officials announced the decision Wednesday, as Alaska’s new single-day cases hit another record with the highly infectious delta variant continuing to drive surging infections and hospitalizations.

Alaska, with a health care system made vulnerable by isolation, this week hit the highest new COVID-19 case rate per capita in the country.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services enabled crisis standards of care Wednesday through a new addendum to the state’s existing COVID-19 public health order, officials announced at a press briefing.

Commissioner of Health and Social Services Adam Crum said in a statement that the addendum gives a health care framework for providers who will continue to make […]

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1 Comment

  1. bruce m howard on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    RE ANTIVAXXERS…. How can the thoughtless jerks that won’t get a covid vaccination and get sick expect to take a bed away from a person that needs a hospital bed for a valid reason? 95% of the people requiring hospitalization for covid have not been vaccinated. Others who really need care must go die someplace while the thoughtless anti-vaxxer is occupying a bed needed for a surgery or accident victim. No vaccine, No hospital care. If someone has a heart attack and needs immediate care, he/she should not have to compete for care with an unvaxxed idiot that gets sick.