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“It’s much easier to spread and then the people that do get it end up a lot sicker. So it’s that double whammy,” Dr. Segarra said.
Dr. Segarra’s Baptist Health South Florida hospital system on Monday reported 726 patients with COVID-19 in their 10 hospitals. They have opened up four COVID-19 units over the last three weeks. Critical care has doubled in that time and 90% in the ICU are not vaccinated, according to Dr. Segarra.
Monday’s number at Baptist is a 47% increase from last week, per a spokesman.
“We are preparing for a couple weeks more. But what is the end game? What is the end result? I don’t know,” Dr. Segarra said.
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Even some healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial didn’t want a COVID-19 vaccine, so what’s wrong?
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Even some health care workers in South Florida remain in the unvaccinated population, but why?
MIAMI, Fla. – Call it COVID surge 2.0 and the reason by all accounts is squarely placed on people who remain unvaccinated.
On Tuesday, Local 10 News learned that even at Miami’s public hospital, Jackson Memorial, 42 percent of its staff were still not vaccinated.
We asked Carlos Migoya, the CEO of Jackson Health Systems, why?
“Jackson employees are no different than others in the streets. Everyone listens to rumors and being in the health-care business they create more rumors, which is part of the reason why numbers number are low,” said Carlos Migoya, the CEO of Jackson Health System.