to give local agencies a chance to shift resources and warn the public. now, earlier i spoke with dr. steven parodi. he s the director of the medical group at kaiser permanente. he talked about the way of changing the way we deal with covid. listen to what he had to say. obviously, if you want to start that dealing with covid as a public health emergency and start dealing with it as a flu. let s list concrete examples. california where you are, a statewide mask mandate is set to expire in ten days. so, do you think that should be allowed to expire. so, i anticipate, given the amount of covid that we re still seeing and the per attach of people that are still testing positive when we run a test, that it s probably too soon to lift the restrictions around the mask. and the reason is that people can be asymptomatic and still
dr. steven parodi joins me from san francisco. he is the associate executive director with the permanente medical group at kaiser permanente. thank you so much, for joining us, doctor. so we are seeing the rise of the delta variant, mostly in the south and places like missouri where the vaccination rate is extremely low. but also, in california, where it s now the dominant variant um probably, the best example is l.a. county. it s reported the highest number of cases, in months, now. you know, in fairness, it s still way lower than what we saw during the peak. but i guess, it s the rate, at which it s increasing that s worrying experts. so, the many hospitals that you help manage that treat millions of patients across the state. so you get a great overview of what s happening. so, what are you seeing? well, you know, it s really clear that the delta variant is much more transmissible than before. you know, we were talking about it, as an abstraction about a month ago. and now, it
i really appreciate having you on, dr. steven parodi, thank you so much for being with us is. thank you so much. questions about the pandemic are looming large over u.s. schools as they prepare to reopen later this year. on friday, the cdc released new guidelines, calling on schools to prioritize in-person learning. while they re urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated, decisions about a vaccine mandate should be left up to local officials. the president of new hampshire s largest teachers union says that s the right call. a mandate i think, and we believe is going just a little bit too far. new hampshire right now has about 60% of its adult population vaccinated, and about 65% have at least one dose. if you put the vaccines back with the other mitigation procedures that we ve been recommending and advocating for all along, hand washing, proper ventilation, max wearing for those unvaccinated, at this point we really don t feel that
six-month-old to 11-year-olds, especially since they re going back to school, getting them vaccinated. that s really the order of the day. absolutely. all right. that is all the time we have. really appreciate having you on, dr. steven parodi. thanks so much for being with us. thank you so much. haiti is plunging deeper into political chaos and uncertainty, as the motive and masterminds behind the assassination of president jovenel moise remains unknown. a special unit of colombian police are now in haiti to help authorities with the investigation. at least 28 people are suspected in the killing. 26 are colombian nationals. cnn s matt rivers has more from the haitian capital. reporter: well, the manhunt here, in haiti, continues in earnest for the remaining suspects in the assassination of haiti s president. with haitian authorities not really having updated their official numbers, in a little while now. 20 suspects have been detained. three suspects have been killed, officiall
Hospital systems issue plea to public: We need your help
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Staff at Sutter Davis Hospitals received part of the county’s first allotment of coronavirus vaccines. Owen Yancher/Enterprise photo
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Healthcare workers and executives from three state and local hospital systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic gathered via Zoom on Tuesday to issue a plea to the public: “We need your help.”
With the holidays getting underway, representatives of Sutter Health, Diginity Health and Kaiser Permanente urged everyone to avoid travel and gathering and just stay home.
“Right now we are struggling,” said Dr. Vanessa Walker of Sutter Health. “We are seeing unprecedented numbers of patients with very severe illnesses…. requiring nurses and physicians that don’t normally provide care for these very critically ill patients to really stretch to the tops of their license and try to deliver the best care that they can.