Team creates simulation model to teach people how to perform at-home COVID-19 tests correctly
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Team creates simulation model to teach people how to perform at-home COVID-19 tests correctly
OMAHA, Neb. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The CDC says those who have been fully vaccinated do not have to wear their masks. But more than one in three unvaccinated adults say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine, putting reaching herd immunity at risk. That’s why proper testing is still crucial.
For the past year, this has been a familiar sight.
“People come out saying that they felt like their brain was impaled,” shared Christie Barnes, MD, an ear, nose & throat doctor at University of Nebraska Medical Center.
We do attribute it to the cold and snowy weather : Homeless shelter sees increase in need Updated: 10:37 PM CST Jan 15, 2021 Share Updated: 10:37 PM CST Jan 15, 2021
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Show Transcript VISITED SOME SHELTERS. FREEZING TEMPS STICKING AROUND LEAVING THOSE OUTSIDE IN DANGER. THAT S WHY LOCAL HOMELESS SHELTERS PREPARE FOR WINTER STORMS BEFORE THEY SHOW UP. WE WENT FROM AROUND 350 OR SO TO CLOSE TO 400 RIGHT NOW. CEM: THE SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE SAW AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE SEEKING SHELTER. WE ATTRIBUTE IT TO COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER. IN GENERAL TERMS, WHEN IT GETS COLDER, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE GOES UP. CEM: AT THE OPEN DOOR MISSION, STEVE FRAZEE SEES PEOPLE COME IN WITH LIGHT COATS, WITHOUT GLOVES. ON TOP OF DEALING WITH EXTREME COLD, THE PANDEMIC MAKES INTAKE AND DINING DIFFICULT. SOCIAL DISTANCING IS ENFORCED AND GUESTS NEED TO QUARANTINE. IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, THAT CONFINEMENT IS ENOUGH TO SAY I M GOING SOMEWHERE ELS