The region s reopening is a factor in the increase in cases, county health officials say, as is the relaxed mask policy and recent Fourth of July travel and gatherings.
Kaiser Permanente registered nurse Robyn Sarvis not only cared for patients with COVID-19 but, battled the disease herself. She is encouraging everyone to consider a vaccine, and says she s now seeing younger unvaccinated people be treated for the disease. Now there s a vaccine available, but the people coming to see us are largely unvaccinated and they re younger, in their 20s and 30s, coming into the hospital with COVID pneumonia, Sarvis said. We re mindful that we re not where we were, we re grateful we re not there, but we don t want to see us come back to that.
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Thirty percent of health-care workers have considered leaving the field after working through the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Washington.
Thirty percent of health-care workers have considered leaving the field after working through the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Washington.
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Healthcare workers are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, but some are falling ill with the virus themselves before getting vaccinated. One local nurse is pleading with the public to help stop the spread. We are overwhelmed with patients, for one. We are overwhelmed with admissions, but we also have a lot of staff sick calls and as result, a lot of us are working extra hours, said Robyn Sarvis, a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center.
The number of healthcare workers testing positive for #COVID-19 is continuing to grow. I spoke w/a local nurse who was out sick w/#COVID-19 all of Dec. She explains the impact it has on hospitals. Watch @nbcsandiego at 6 pic.twitter.com/h1By8kA81t Lauren Coronado (@LaurenmCoronado) January 23, 2021