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A sign directs high schoolers and community members to the COVID-19 vaccination clinic set up in the school’s theater Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at St. Francis High School in St. Francis, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
If federal regulators approve the Pfizer vaccine for use in children age 12 to 15, local health officials say it will be a big step in increasing overall COVID-19 vaccination levels in Wisconsin.
That’s because 21 percent of the state’s population is under age 18, and vaccines are being tested in children as young as 6 months.
In just a few months, the state has gone from people fighting to get a vaccine to vaccinators pleading for people to step up for one for fear the doses will be wasted. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinThe state revealed between 1,000 2,000 doses are now being wasted every week.Despite the waste, the state doesn t want to slow down its efforts. But the state said it s telling vaccinators not to let up for fear of spoiling a dose. Absolutely. We do not want to waste a single dose, Hayat pharmacist Lauren Splawn said. Milwaukee s Hayat Pharmacy has administered more than 30,000 vaccine doses, but as demand slows has scaled back to filling just a syringe or two at a time. As clinics get smaller, there are fewer people to take any extra doses once they tap into a new vial, which contains between five and 10 doses. And then our process after that would be to bring it back to any clinic that we have currently going and sometimes we have pharmacies staying open later, and
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Garbage bags as PPE. Infected staff on duty. Residents found unresponsive. Wisconsin nursing homes during the pandemic.
Daphne Chen, Sarah Volpenhein and Olivia Cohen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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3:36 pm UTC Apr. 9, 2021
In one of the most comprehensive looks at nursing home safety during the pandemic, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation has found that 1 in 3 Wisconsin facilities violated coronavirus protocols, including by asking COVID-positive staff to keep working, not screening visitors for symptoms and not isolating infected residents.
Even when inspectors were present, employees at several facilities didn t always wear face masks. Two homes substituted flannel shirts or plastic aprons for gowns, despite having an ample supply. At least five nursing homes didn’t tell residents or their families about coronavirus cases for days or weeks.
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