Steve Edwards, the president and CEO of a health care system in Missouri, is troubled that health experts cannot seem to inspire more people to get vaccinated in his area, which is being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Edwards, of Springfield-based Cox Health, told CNN on Friday that his system has had 534 Covid-19 patients die, with more than 100 of those deaths after vaccines became widely available. None of the patients who died were vaccinated.
He is desperately trying to figure out how to get through to people. If I knew how I was missing the mark, we could correct and change, he told CNN s Alisyn Camerota. The community needs 80 to 90% of people to get immunity either from getting inoculated or catching the virus, he said.
It’s a concern but it’s not unexpected | What UC Davis Health wants you to know about the Delta variant
UC Davis Medical Center had less than 10 patients with COVID-19 on any given day in June, but now with the Delta variant, it s ranging from 18-25 patients daily. Author: Izzy Greenblatt Updated: 11:23 PM PDT July 22, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. With an increase in COVID-19 cases locally and nationally, UC Davis health experts are concerned a new surge could happen in the Sacramento area with there being a low vaccination rate.
In a press release from UC Davis Health, it was pointed out that the UC Davis Medical Center had less than 10 patients with COVID-19 on any given day in June, but now with the Delta variant, patient numbers are ranging from 18-25 patients daily. Health experts don t believe those case numbers will fall anytime soon.
It is frightening. Major Sacramento hospital braces for surge as COVID cases soar
Sacramento Bee 5 hrs ago Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee
Jul. 22 Health leaders at UC Davis Medical Center are sounding the alarm on the Sacramento region s exploding rate of COVID-19 cases, with one official calling it hard to tell whether the situation will grow as bad as the dire surge California experienced last winter. A Sacramento-area COVID-19 surge is likely, given the highly contagious (Delta) variant and the low vaccination rate, UC Davis Health wrote in a news release sent Thursday.
About 48% of Sacramento County residents are fully vaccinated, compared to 53% statewide, according to California Department of Public Health data. About 54% in the county, but 61% statewide, have had at least one dose.