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The world has lost 20 5 million years of life because of premature Covid-19 deaths

The world has lost 20.5 million years of life because of premature Covid-19 deaths - new study Feb 19, 2021, 08:45 AM facebook email A doctor checks the vital signs of an ICU patient at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California, on January 3, 2021. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images More than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost globally due to Covid-19, a new study found. To calculate years of life lost, researchers compared the ages of people who died of Covid-19 to their average life expectancy. People older than 75 represent one-quarter of the years of life lost to the pandemic, the study found. Men have lost more years than women.

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Here s why a surprising number of healthcare workers are rejecting the vaccine, despite having witnessed the immense suffering of the COVID-19 pandemic

Here s why a surprising number of healthcare workers are rejecting the vaccine, despite having witnessed the immense suffering of the COVID-19 pandemic jzitser@businessinsider.com (Joshua Zitser,Sophia Ankel) © Mario Tama/Getty Images A nurse administers a dose of the Moderna vaccine in Los Angeles, California. Between 20 and 40% of frontline workers in Los Angeles have refused a shot. Mario Tama/Getty Images Vaccine hesitancy is above average for healthcare workers working on the frontlines of the pandemic. Insider spoke to three healthcare workers about some of the reasons behind the worrying trend. Experts told Insider having trusted messengers in local communities will help tackle the problem.

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Covid-19 is causing ambulance delays and longer ER waits -- even for those without coronavirus

If you call 911, it can take 2-3 minutes longer to get help due to Covid-19 CNN 1/24/2021 By Holly Yan, CNN © Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images TOPSHOT - Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Dr. Thomas Yadegar walks inside a temporary Emergency Room, built into a parking garage at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on January 3, 2021. - Approximately four weeks ago, the hospital had a very manageable census, and very small amounts of patients in the ICU, but since Thanksgiving it seems like the census has been doubling every 10 days and they ve gotten to a point where 80% of the hospital is filled with patients with Covid-19, and 90% of the ICU is now filled with Covid-19. According to doctor Yadegar, it s not just a matter of room, but it s also the staffing to have nurses, as well as doctors to be able to take care of those patients. It s very difficult to get critical care nurses and doctors. So, it s hard to ex

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We aren t using all of our tools to treat Covid-19

We aren’t using all of our tools to treat Covid-19 Vox.com 1/27/2021 Umair Irfan © Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Covid-19 patients Dr. Neil Hecht and his wife, Mindy Cross, at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, in Tarzana, California. As record daily Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths this month in the US have pushed the pandemic to new crisis levels, senior government health officials have lamented that many patients are not getting the drugs including monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, and corticosteroids available to treat the disease, leaving many doses unused. There are still questions about how well many of these drugs work. One recent report found that a mix of monoclonal antibodies developed by Eli Lilly could reduce Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths by 70 percent, though some researchers cautioned that the findings were drawn from a small number of events.

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Covid-19: New variants may mean vaccines need regular updates

New variants of the novel coronavirus from the UK, South Africa and Brazil ay be able to bypass the immune response that COVID-19 survivors have developed and allow for easier reinfection.

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