Thousands Of US Health Care Workers Have Been Infected By The Coronavirus. This Is How Each State Stacks Up. Due to limited data, the true scale of health care worker infections is still unknown. ra HirjiBuzzFeed News Reporter Last updated on April 10, 2020, at 4:06 p.m. ET Posted on April 9, 2020, at 9:16 p.m. ET [size=0.875]Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters [size=0.875] Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital hold a protest demanding N95 masks and other critical personal protective equipment to handle patients during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City.
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. At least 5,400 nurses, doctors, and other health care workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have been infected by the disease, and dozens have died, according to a BuzzFeed News review of data reported by every state and Washington, DC. However, the true number is undoubtedly much higher, due to inconsistent testing and tracking. the number of infected workers would be made availableif not being actively discouraged to do so, and because infections are being inconsistently tracked and in some cases uncounted at the state level. without adequate protective gear"After my shift, I was told we no longer can use two plastic gowns (1 for front and 1 for back), now the back one is replaced with a trash bag," a staffer in a Florida intensive care unit, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, told BuzzFeed News. "This is getting ridiculous."According to the nursing union National Nurses United, at least 29 registered nurses have died nationwide, including 3 of their members, and 222 of their members have so far tested positive for COVID-19. We know these are underestimates," Stephanie Roberson, government relations director for the California Nurses Association, told BuzzFeed News. "It is just so sad." BuzzFeed News reviewed health care worker infections in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, surveying state coronavirus websites and following up with officials if the information was not readily available online. As of Thursday afternoon, 12 states reported health care worker infections: Alabama (393), Arkansas (158), California (1,651), Idaho (143), Maine (97), New Hampshire (241), Ohio (1,137), Oklahoma (229), Oregon (153), Pennsylvania (850), Rhode Island (257), and West Virginia (76). Additionally, Washington, DC (29) and Hawaii (15) reported infections at a specific hospital, not state or territory-wide. On Friday afternoon, Kentucky reported 129 health care worker infections. https://abc3340.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-550-alabama-health-care-workers-have-been-infected-with-covid-19 More than 550 Alabama health care workers have been infected with COVID-19 https://www.opb.org/news/article/coronavirus-covid-19-data-health-care-medical-workers-infection/ As of Saturday, Washington state had more than 7,500 cases and New York had counted more than 110,000. Neither state knows how many of those cases are health care workers. Ohio, on the other hand, reported at least 16% of its cases involved health care workers, while in Minnesota, it was 28% on Wednesday.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/coronavirus-detroit-nurses-doctors-employees Nearly 3,000 Health Care System Employees In The Detroit Area Have Confirmed or Suspected Coronavirus Infections The number is very likely higher as not all health systems are revealing how many employees have been infected. Emma LoopBuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on April 12, 2020, at 12:20 p.m. ET
根据id wangbing 的回复：
Nearly 1,200 hospital staff on Long Island have contracted COVID-19
equipmentThe numbers, provided by the region's hospitals at Newsday's request, show a partial view of the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken as local cases have surged. Though many have since returned to work, the larger facilities, such as Stony Brook University Hospital and those run by Northwell Health in Nassau County, have seen roughly 200 employees each test positive for the virus in recent weeks.
回复 1楼冬日暖阳1的帖子 Coronavirus Florida: Wellington-area nurse dies; County urges masks as cases reach 1,499 like so many other health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, the 33-year-old Wellington-area mother struggled with fear and anxiety before arriving for every shift in the intensive care unit at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah. One night last month, “she called me in tears because she was so scared about what she was going to face at work,″ said David Jelks, who went to nursing school with DiCenso. DiCenso died Thursday at home in her sleep from what her family suspects was the deadly respiratory disease, which would make her the first health care worker identified publicly and youngest person to have died in Palm Beach County since the virus began claiming lives in March.
NEWSDAY EXCLUSIVE Nearly 1,200 hospital staff on Long Island have contracted COVID-19
Nearly 1,200 Long Island hospital staff have contracted COVID-19, with nurses and their union representatives highlighting continued protective equipment shortages.
The numbers, provided by the region's hospitals at Newsday's request, show a partial view of the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken as local cases have surged. Though many have since returned to work, the larger facilities, such as Stony Brook University Hospital and those run by Northwell Health in Nassau County, have seen roughly 200 employees each test positive for the virus in recent weeks.
Thirteen of the area's hospitals provided COVID-positive employee counts that total 1,175. Eight others, including the major NYU-Winthrop and Good Samaritan medical centers, didn't provide Newsday with data, meaning a conservative projection would put the count well over 1,200.. https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/hospital-covid-19-nurses-1.43778185
Thousands Of US Health Care Workers Have Been Infected By The Coronavirus. This Is How Each State Stacks Up. Due to limited data, the true scale of health care worker infections is still unknown. ra HirjiBuzzFeed News Reporter Last updated on April 10, 2020, at 4:06 p.m. ET Posted on April 9, 2020, at 9:16 p.m. ET [size=0.875]Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters [size=0.875] Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital hold a protest demanding N95 masks and other critical personal protective equipment to handle patients during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City.
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. At least 5,400 nurses, doctors, and other health care workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have been infected by the disease, and dozens have died, according to a BuzzFeed News review of data reported by every state and Washington, DC. However, the true number is undoubtedly much higher, due to inconsistent testing and tracking. the number of infected workers would be made availableif not being actively discouraged to do so, and because infections are being inconsistently tracked and in some cases uncounted at the state level. without adequate protective gear"After my shift, I was told we no longer can use two plastic gowns (1 for front and 1 for back), now the back one is replaced with a trash bag," a staffer in a Florida intensive care unit, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, told BuzzFeed News. "This is getting ridiculous."According to the nursing union National Nurses United, at least 29 registered nurses have died nationwide, including 3 of their members, and 222 of their members have so far tested positive for COVID-19. We know these are underestimates," Stephanie Roberson, government relations director for the California Nurses Association, told BuzzFeed News. "It is just so sad." BuzzFeed News reviewed health care worker infections in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, surveying state coronavirus websites and following up with officials if the information was not readily available online. As of Thursday afternoon, 12 states reported health care worker infections: Alabama (393), Arkansas (158), California (1,651), Idaho (143), Maine (97), New Hampshire (241), Ohio (1,137), Oklahoma (229), Oregon (153), Pennsylvania (850), Rhode Island (257), and West Virginia (76). Additionally, Washington, DC (29) and Hawaii (15) reported infections at a specific hospital, not state or territory-wide. On Friday afternoon, Kentucky reported 129 health care worker infections. https://abc3340.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-550-alabama-health-care-workers-have-been-infected-with-covid-19 More than 550 Alabama health care workers have been infected with COVID-19 https://www.opb.org/news/article/coronavirus-covid-19-data-health-care-medical-workers-infection/ As of Saturday, Washington state had more than 7,500 cases and New York had counted more than 110,000. Neither state knows how many of those cases are health care workers. Ohio, on the other hand, reported at least 16% of its cases involved health care workers, while in Minnesota, it was 28% on Wednesday.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/coronavirus-detroit-nurses-doctors-employees Nearly 3,000 Health Care System Employees In The Detroit Area Have Confirmed or Suspected Coronavirus Infections The number is very likely higher as not all health systems are revealing how many employees have been infected. Emma LoopBuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on April 12, 2020, at 12:20 p.m. ET
根据id wangbing 的回复：
Nearly 1,200 hospital staff on Long Island have contracted COVID-19
equipmentThe numbers, provided by the region's hospitals at Newsday's request, show a partial view of the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken as local cases have surged. Though many have since returned to work, the larger facilities, such as Stony Brook University Hospital and those run by Northwell Health in Nassau County, have seen roughly 200 employees each test positive for the virus in recent weeks.
"At this time, we do not have case data broken down by employer or profession," according to a spokesperson from the Florida State Emergency Operations Center.
不都是因为盈利的原因，医院里supply确实低，但最主要还是CDC guideline为了节省supply和防止大众恐慌不让升级防护，导致医院害怕因为non-compliance被政府处罚不得不"follow protocol"。 The system is broken. teddysan 发表于 4/13/2020 11:06:26 AM
不都是因为盈利的原因，医院里supply确实低，但最主要还是CDC guideline为了节省supply和防止大众恐慌不让升级防护，导致医院害怕因为non-compliance被政府处罚不得不"follow protocol"。 The system is broken. teddysan 发表于 4/13/2020 11:06:26 AM
Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks Neilly Buckalew is a traveling doctor who fills in at hospitals when there's need. So in the midst of this pandemic, she feels particularly vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus — not just in hospitals but in hotels and on her travels. When she got an assignment last week at Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Boise, Idaho, she packed her own personal protective equipment and drove to town. She disinfected her hotel room and stayed away from other guests, but worried about the coughing person in the room next door. So she donned her own fitted N95 mask that she uses for work. "I wanted to protect myself," she said. "I wanted to protect my patients." When she asked hospital administrators why, the reasons kept changing. First, Buckalew said she was told it was against hospital policy for health care workers to bring their own gear. Then, she said, administrators told her if she wore her own N95 mask, others would want to wear the masks as well and the hospital didn't have enough. Finally, Buckalew said, it was that CDC guidelines don't require the mask at all times.That first day at work, Buckalew said, she was told to take off her mask. "I said if I can't wear it, then we have a problem," she said. Refusing to take off her mask, she said, got her terminated. Then, she said, after complaining she was reinstated and then terminated again — all within three days. "I'm raising a huge big stink because it's wrong. It's unsafe. We'll never flatten the curve if hospital systems keep acting this way," she said, adding that she's speaking now because she's already lost her assignment and wanted to speak on behalf of those who can't. "A lot of people can't speak out because they're afraid, or they know that they'll be fired." The rehabilitation hospital is a joint venture by the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and Encompass Health. A spokesman at the medical center referred NPR to Encompass Health. Repeated calls to Encompass Health for comment were not returned. Buckalew said she filed a formal complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Buckalew's account lays bare tensions between some hospital systems and health care workers on the front lines of this disease. Many doctors, nurses and other hospital workers say they don't feel protected and are afraid in the midst of a shortage of masks and other protective gear. Some are bringing their own supplies, donated by friends and family or purchased at hardware stores. Meanwhile, some hospitals are instituting strict policies that bar medical workers from bringing their own personal protective equipment, or PPE, to work, or limiting how much protection a person can wear because of a shortage in supplies. Leaders at the American Academy of Emergency Medicine says they have heard accounts like Buckalew's from health care workers across the country. "We're hearing a lot of people saying that 'I'm not getting adequate PPE at my job, so I was able to buy PPE and I'm using what I buy,'" said Dr. Lisa Moreno, the president-elect of AAEM. But when they wear it to work, she says, doctors have told her, "'I'm being yelled at. I'm being told to take it off. I'm being told that I'm scaring patients and that I'm scaring other people.' We've had people who had their jobs threatened." Moreno said about two dozen people have formally complained to her organization. She said they've also received hundreds of calls from health care workers who are afraid to lose their jobs if they complain, but also feel that hospitals aren't letting them do what they need to do to protect themselves against an infectious and new virus. A virus that causes a disease that has killed dozens of health care workers in Italy and already taken the lives of at least two health care workers at the epicenter of the spread in the New York City metro area. "It seems that the hospital administrations are reacting to the fact that they are failing to provide adequate PPE for their staff," Moreno said. "And when one individual provides adequate PPE, it seems to highlight that fact to the other staff who haven't been able to purchase it." These types of masks are very hard to come by. A quick search at Home Depot shows pretty much every type of protective mask is out of stock. And everyone from federal and local officials to hospital administrators are struggling to get their hands on as much personal protective equipment as they can in the midst of this pandemic. So Moreno says it's vital that health care workers are allowed to do what they feel they need to, to feel safe. Because if they get infected, not only could they get very ill or give it to patients, but there would be fewer skilled health care workers to treat sick patients. She said she's also received complaints that hospital administrators are telling health care workers how much personal protective gear they can wear at work and when. Some doctors and nurses who want to wear their N95 masks at all times are being told no, she said, adding that one doctor told her that he needs to be extra-careful because his son has cancer. Then there are cases like Henry Nikicicz in El Paso, Texas. He's an anesthesiologist, so he does intubations on patients. He's 60, has asthma and is particularly vulnerable to upper respiratory infections. Two weeks ago, he was intubating a patient for respiratory distress on his overnight shift at theUniversity Medical Center of El Paso. He walked into the hallway and saw people gathered in a group, so he slipped on his hospital-issued N95 mask. When Nikicicz responded that he is susceptible to upper respiratory infections, the supervisor's texts appeared to get more aggressive. He referred to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan virus," a term that many say is not only inaccurate, but also stokes xenophobia. He texted in all capital letters that Nikicicz was the only one in the entire hospital wearing an N95 mask and that he would not be able to get one when the "real virus" comes in. Nikicicz texted back: "The real virus is here already."The next day, a hospital supervisor told him he wasn't allowed to wear the N95 mask when he wasn't in the operating room or treating a patient with an infectious disease, because they are costly and in short supply. Nikicicz was also told he was scaring the patients. The supervisor texted him that he could get a "regular mask" if he felt he needed one. Nikicicz is an independent contractor who works with the placement company Somnia Anesthesia. He said he got a call from the company asking for his side of the story. He was told hospital administrators had complained. After that, Nikicicz said he was told not to go into work on Monday. "I protect myself and protect the environment in case I am infected. In a situation like this, when we have social distancing, wearing a mask is one of the basic ways of stopping the spread of the virus," Nikicicz said. "And I really feel that injustice was done to me because of the fact that the right thing to do is to wear a mask. To punish me for wearing a mask is something that I really feel is wrong." The University Medical Center of El Paso said in a statement that Nikicicz was removed from the schedule by Somnia Anesthesia for "insubordination." "The anesthesiologist was told on numerous occasions by his supervisor to not wear the N95 surgical mask while not in the Operating Room area or while not treating patients with infectious disease," the statement said. "UMC is not unlike other hospitals in its efforts to conserve N95 surgical masks, especially when it comes to wearing them when not in the surgical/OR area. At the time of these incidents, the CDC did not require masks (and certainly not N95 masks) to be used by hospital staff when not treating patients or while in surgical/OR areas. Beyond this, we view this as a personnel matter between Somnia Anesthesia and its contracted anesthesiologist. " Hours after NPR reached out to the hospital, Nikicicz was put back on the schedule. Marc Koch, president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia, said that Nikicicz was not removed for insubordination. Koch said he was briefly taken off rotation because elective surgeries are canceled and hundreds of contract workers are being laid off. "To be frank, I was trying to reach out to him to try to get him to come back. At no point was he terminated," Koch said. "He didn't listen to his chief, yes he was not listening. But what we were trying to do was see our way through that and help him and reconcile that issue." Koch said protecting doctors has been his number one goal, even securing N95 masks to supply to hospitals that couldn't find any. "The clinicians want to be safe. They want to meet or exceed the CDC guidelines," Koch said. "And the hospitals fear a run on supplies and [causing] patient anxiety."
回复 13楼marylander2的帖子 A Massachusetts nurse who sounded alarms about how administrators handled the coronavirus outbreak at the old folks’ home where she worked has died after becoming infected herself, according to a new report. Maria Krier, who worked at the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, passed away Friday, just days after speaking out to local station WCVB-TV. “We kept waiting for the ball to drop,” Krier previously told the outlet over the phone. “Like, when are you going to tell us we’re exposed to it?” A facility representative told the outlet Krier became ill two weeks ago and worked with the facility for a short time. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of our associates during these challenging times the country is experiencing,” regional vice president Kate O’Connor said in a statement to the network. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends.” Of the 204 employees who work at the center, 75 were out sick Sunday, the outlet reported. Fourteen have tested positive for COVID-19 and another 17 are staying home on doctors’ orders, according to the company.
Anna Jaques Hospital: 1 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: 169 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beverly/Addison Gilbert Hospitals: 35 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Milton: 13 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Needham: 10 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Plymouth: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Behavioral Sciences: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Continuing Care: 3 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Primary Care: 25 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Boston Children’s Hospital: 67 (as of 4/13 at 4:15 p.m.) Boston Medical Center: 159 (as of 4/13 at 3:45 p.m.) Brigham and Women’s Hospital: 233 (as of 4/13 at 5 p.m.) Cambridge Health Alliance: 23 (as of 3/31 at 3:45 p.m.) Cape Cod Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Carney Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: 40 (as of 4/12) Falmouth Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Good Samaritan Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Haverhill N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Methuen N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Lahey Hospital and Medical Center: 91 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Lawrence General Hospital: 17 (as of 4/6 at 4 p.m.) Lowell General Hospital: 0 (as of 3/23 at 4:15 p.m.) Martha’s Vineyard Hospital: 1 (as of 4/9 at 7 p.m.) Massachusetts Eye & Ear: 22 (as of 4/13 at 1:45 p.m.) Massachusetts General Hospital: 291* (as of 4/13 at 3:15 p.m.) MelroseWakefield Hospital: N/A** (as of 4/6 at 1:30 p.m.) MetroWest Medical Center: N/A*** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Milford Regional Medical Center: 2 (as of 4/7 at 10 a.m.) Morton Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Mount Auburn Hospital: 37 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Nantucket Cottage Hospital: 0 as of (3/23 at 2:15 p.m.) Nashoba Valley Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) New England Baptist Hospital: 16 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) New England Sinai Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Newton-Wellesley Hospital: 69 (as of 4/13 at 12 p.m.) Norwood Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Anne’s Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Vincent Hospital - Worcester: 9**** (as of 4/1 at 7 p.m.) Signature Healthcare - Brockton Hospital: 6 (as of 4/5) South Shore Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/23 at 3 p.m.) Tufts Medical Center: 106 (as of 4/13 at 2 p.m.) UMass Memorial Health Care: 22 (as of 3/30 at 4:30 p.m.) Winchester Hospital: 36 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.)
TOTAL: 1,513
*From Massachusetts General Hospital: “Based on hospital data, broad implementation of CDC-guided infection control procedures at the MGH, and significant community spread in Massachusetts, we believe the vast majority of these individuals did not contract the virus at work.”
**Cape Cod Healthcare, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, South Shore Health and Steward Health Care told Boston 25 News they’re referring all COVID-19 data requests from the media to DPH. A DPH spokesperson told Boston 25 News they’re not tracking the number of healthcare workers or hospital employees who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
***Spokeswoman for MetroWest Medical Center told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number.
****Spokeswoman for Saint Vincent Hospital told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number, however Boston 25 News obtained an internal email from a source in which the hospital’s CEO, Carolyn Jackson, states 9 staff members in total have tested positive for COVID-19.
If there’s an organization not listed above that you’d like included in the tally, email [email protected]
Anna Jaques Hospital: 1 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: 169 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beverly/Addison Gilbert Hospitals: 35 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Milton: 13 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Needham: 10 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Plymouth: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Behavioral Sciences: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Continuing Care: 3 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Primary Care: 25 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Boston Children’s Hospital: 67 (as of 4/13 at 4:15 p.m.) Boston Medical Center: 159 (as of 4/13 at 3:45 p.m.) Brigham and Women’s Hospital: 233 (as of 4/13 at 5 p.m.) Cambridge Health Alliance: 23 (as of 3/31 at 3:45 p.m.) Cape Cod Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Carney Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: 40 (as of 4/12) Falmouth Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Good Samaritan Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Haverhill N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Methuen N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Lahey Hospital and Medical Center: 91 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Lawrence General Hospital: 17 (as of 4/6 at 4 p.m.) Lowell General Hospital: 0 (as of 3/23 at 4:15 p.m.) Martha’s Vineyard Hospital: 1 (as of 4/9 at 7 p.m.) Massachusetts Eye & Ear: 22 (as of 4/13 at 1:45 p.m.) Massachusetts General Hospital: 291* (as of 4/13 at 3:15 p.m.) MelroseWakefield Hospital: N/A** (as of 4/6 at 1:30 p.m.) MetroWest Medical Center: N/A*** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Milford Regional Medical Center: 2 (as of 4/7 at 10 a.m.) Morton Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Mount Auburn Hospital: 37 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Nantucket Cottage Hospital: 0 as of (3/23 at 2:15 p.m.) Nashoba Valley Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) New England Baptist Hospital: 16 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) New England Sinai Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Newton-Wellesley Hospital: 69 (as of 4/13 at 12 p.m.) Norwood Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Anne’s Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Vincent Hospital - Worcester: 9**** (as of 4/1 at 7 p.m.) Signature Healthcare - Brockton Hospital: 6 (as of 4/5) South Shore Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/23 at 3 p.m.) Tufts Medical Center: 106 (as of 4/13 at 2 p.m.) UMass Memorial Health Care: 22 (as of 3/30 at 4:30 p.m.) Winchester Hospital: 36 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.)
TOTAL: 1,513
*From Massachusetts General Hospital: “Based on hospital data, broad implementation of CDC-guided infection control procedures at the MGH, and significant community spread in Massachusetts, we believe the vast majority of these individuals did not contract the virus at work.”
**Cape Cod Healthcare, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, South Shore Health and Steward Health Care told Boston 25 News they’re referring all COVID-19 data requests from the media to DPH. A DPH spokesperson told Boston 25 News they’re not tracking the number of healthcare workers or hospital employees who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
***Spokeswoman for MetroWest Medical Center told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number.
****Spokeswoman for Saint Vincent Hospital told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number, however Boston 25 News obtained an internal email from a source in which the hospital’s CEO, Carolyn Jackson, states 9 staff members in total have tested positive for COVID-19.
If there’s an organization not listed above that you’d like included in the tally, email [email protected]
More than 1,300 health care workers in Ohio have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, accounting for about 1 of every 5 positive tests in the state. But Ohio’s public health officials aren’t talking about where all those employees work, how they’re doing now or how many may have been infected in “hot spots,” or clusters of positive tests. State and local health departments, the Ohio Hospital Association, the Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati and the hospitals themselves all have refused to provide details beyond a statewide total. The reason? Most say revealing more information could jeopardize the privacy of infected employees. They say more specific numbers for hospitals, or even for entire cities or counties, could allow someone to figure out who got sick, thereby violating the workers’ privacy rights. “It is possible to piece together information … to possibly identify an individual,” said Melanie Amato, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Health. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/13/ohio-health-care-workers-test-positive-covid-19-alarming-rate/2981253001/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/us-health-care-workers-coronavirus
Thousands Of US Health Care Workers Have Been Infected By The Coronavirus. This Is How Each State Stacks Up. Due to limited data, the true scale of health care worker infections is still unknown.
ra HirjiBuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on April 10, 2020, at 4:06 p.m. ET Posted on April 9, 2020, at 9:16 p.m. ET
[size=0.875]Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters
[size=0.875] Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital hold a protest demanding N95 masks and other critical personal protective equipment to handle patients during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City.
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. At least 5,400 nurses, doctors, and other health care workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have been infected by the disease, and dozens have died, according to a BuzzFeed News review of data reported by every state and Washington, DC. However, the true number is undoubtedly much higher, due to inconsistent testing and tracking. the number of infected workers would be made available if not being actively discouraged to do so, and because infections are being inconsistently tracked and in some cases uncounted at the state level.
without adequate protective gear"After my shift, I was told we no longer can use two plastic gowns (1 for front and 1 for back), now the back one is replaced with a trash bag," a staffer in a Florida intensive care unit, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, told BuzzFeed News. "This is getting ridiculous."According to the nursing union National Nurses United, at least 29 registered nurses have died nationwide, including 3 of their members, and 222 of their members have so far tested positive for COVID-19.
We know these are underestimates," Stephanie Roberson, government relations director for the California Nurses Association, told BuzzFeed News. "It is just so sad." BuzzFeed News reviewed health care worker infections in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, surveying state coronavirus websites and following up with officials if the information was not readily available online. As of Thursday afternoon, 12 states reported health care worker infections: Alabama (393), Arkansas (158), California (1,651), Idaho (143), Maine (97), New Hampshire (241), Ohio (1,137), Oklahoma (229), Oregon (153), Pennsylvania (850), Rhode Island (257), and West Virginia (76). Additionally, Washington, DC (29) and Hawaii (15) reported infections at a specific hospital, not state or territory-wide. On Friday afternoon, Kentucky reported 129 health care worker infections.
https://abc3340.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-550-alabama-health-care-workers-have-been-infected-with-covid-19
More than 550 Alabama health care workers have been infected with COVID-19
https://www.opb.org/news/article/coronavirus-covid-19-data-health-care-medical-workers-infection/
As of Saturday, Washington state had more than 7,500 cases and New York had counted more than 110,000. Neither state knows how many of those cases are health care workers.
Ohio, on the other hand, reported at least 16% of its cases involved health care workers, while in Minnesota, it was 28% on Wednesday.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/coronavirus-detroit-nurses-doctors-employees
Nearly 3,000 Health Care System Employees In The Detroit Area Have Confirmed or Suspected Coronavirus Infections The number is very likely higher as not all health systems are revealing how many employees have been infected.
Posted on April 12, 2020, at 12:20 p.m. ET
根据id wangbing 的回复：
Nearly 1,200 hospital staff on Long Island have contracted COVID-19
equipmentThe numbers, provided by the region's hospitals at Newsday's request, show a partial view of the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken as local cases have surged. Though many have since returned to work, the larger facilities, such as Stony Brook University Hospital and those run by Northwell Health in Nassau County, have seen roughly 200 employees each test positive for the virus in recent weeks.
https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/hospital-covid-19-nurses-1.43778185
More than 1,500 Massachusetts hospital workers test positive for COVID-19
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/more-than-500-massachusetts-healthcare-workers-test-positive-covid-19/2B5BNFQTHJFXBGD7VNBBPFVDSU/
Whistleblower nurse who spoke out about Littleton nursing home dies of COVID-19
https://www.wcvb.com/article/liife-care-center-of-nashoba-valley-nurse-dies-of-covid/32115540#
多方面的责任，政府的，cdc 的，医学界自身的， 我认为是医院管理者的责任不能小觑。 在重大大传染性疾病的防治过程中漏洞百出。
还是那句，细节决定成败。一切不科学的 ，不符合传染病防护规则和操作规范的都要付出代价，成倍的代价。
我也觉得挺吃惊的。 美国好像对医护挺冷漠的， 纽约医生披着垃圾袋上前线， 除了华人也没有看到社会有什么反响。
能给个link or zip 吗 ,我再汇总一下。
真是恐怖片
NEWSDAY EXCLUSIVE
Nearly 1,200 hospital staff on Long Island have contracted COVID-19
Nearly 1,200 Long Island hospital staff have contracted COVID-19, with nurses and their union representatives highlighting continued protective equipment shortages.
The numbers, provided by the region's hospitals at Newsday's request, show a partial view of the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken as local cases have surged. Though many have since returned to work, the larger facilities, such as Stony Brook University Hospital and those run by Northwell Health in Nassau County, have seen roughly 200 employees each test positive for the virus in recent weeks.
Thirteen of the area's hospitals provided COVID-positive employee counts that total 1,175. Eight others, including the major NYU-Winthrop and Good Samaritan medical centers, didn't provide Newsday with data, meaning a conservative projection would put the count well over 1,200..
https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/hospital-covid-19-nurses-1.43778185
本质自私冷漠
我们这里医院也是医护感染人数不少。多种原因导致了这个惨状。
30年前中国样样比美国差，10年前中国有些地方开始和美国看齐。这次疫情美国怎么处处都不如中国了。可以说没有一样做的比中国好的，一样都没看到。纽约市目前还是没有马上要死，不测，不可以住院，没药，回家。然后病床都空着，放着数字好看就行了。死亡率一直上升，都7%。
疫情都好几个星期了， 如果武汉医生这样上前线， 估计老百姓舆论会把政府活埋了， 会把微博骂瘫痪了。 这里也没有见到动静。
我还看了，法国总统和护士的辩论，马克龙承认了所有的问题，什么东西都短缺，护士也短缺，然后来了句，这是14年来，各级政府减少医疗投入的原因，当然包括他自己。
马克龙还不错，起码不完全甩锅。
同意，真是毁三观。医学上safety是第一重要的，别管是病人的还是医护的。这次这样只能说明医院没有对应突发不明传染病的protocol，在这个教条的领域，没有protocol就完全不知道怎么做了，跟着CDC给的guidelines就成了现在这个样子。感觉医疗领域都已经没有个人的判断能力了，一切都是follow guidelines，平时确实保护了他们不被诉讼困扰，但现在就是付出大量生命的代价。医护人员自己也有责任，早期没有人当回事，大多数人还觉得政府小题大作，媒体制造恐慌。
根源就是 cdc 嘴硬了那么久说不用带口罩
意识形态上欧美觉得中国做的咱们都不能做， 要跟中国反着做， 结果被自己坑了
他们的答案是：
"At this time, we do not have case data broken down by employer or profession," according to a spokesperson from the Florida State Emergency Operations Center.
真不知死多少才能让他们统计一下
佛罗里达 大批医护感染，一个医院已经死了3个，一个医生，一个icu 护士，一个放射科技师。
肯定不止这些。几千应该是有的。医护都倒下去的时候才是最可怕的时候，扛不住的就一批批死掉，就是最原始的大自然优胜劣汰。
所以说医院自己不动脑子，完全忘了自己是有专业水平了，cdc这坨狗屎还不如让大众先恐慌起来，把保护做好，现在可好，照样恐慌，还连累一大批医护，垃圾啊真是
很有可能，确诊数死亡数医护人员感染数"辱"登榜首
顶，太让人痛心了
这真是让人痛心，整体表现傲慢，不尊重科学。还有就是医院的官僚体系，曾经有一个医生很有激情的吐槽录像，就是控诉这种官僚体系，高层都是mba，医生都没法管理医院。
美国人估计觉得那就是一份拿钱干活的工作，美国人对学校教师这个职业也很冷淡啊，教书的老师完全没有国内那种地位
大部分美国普通民众很单纯，相信国家相信党，相信一切protocol，医护也是普通人，特别是护士，很多教育水平还不如班上大妈，而且医院里更多的是MA，护士都算不上
问题是医院还要打击报复自己要戴口罩的医护，太渣了
主要的原因是医护制度造成的
外人很难批评 因为很难进入到其中
Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
Neilly Buckalew is a traveling doctor who fills in at hospitals when there's need. So in the midst of this pandemic, she feels particularly vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus — not just in hospitals but in hotels and on her travels.
When she got an assignment last week at Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Boise, Idaho, she packed her own personal protective equipment and drove to town. She disinfected her hotel room and stayed away from other guests, but worried about the coughing person in the room next door. So she donned her own fitted N95 mask that she uses for work.
"I wanted to protect myself," she said. "I wanted to protect my patients."
When she asked hospital administrators why, the reasons kept changing. First, Buckalew said she was told it was against hospital policy for health care workers to bring their own gear. Then, she said, administrators told her if she wore her own N95 mask, others would want to wear the masks as well and the hospital didn't have enough. Finally, Buckalew said, it was that CDC guidelines don't require the mask at all times.That first day at work, Buckalew said, she was told to take off her mask.
"I said if I can't wear it, then we have a problem," she said.
Refusing to take off her mask, she said, got her terminated. Then, she said, after complaining she was reinstated and then terminated again — all within three days.
"I'm raising a huge big stink because it's wrong. It's unsafe. We'll never flatten the curve if hospital systems keep acting this way," she said, adding that she's speaking now because she's already lost her assignment and wanted to speak on behalf of those who can't. "A lot of people can't speak out because they're afraid, or they know that they'll be fired." The rehabilitation hospital is a joint venture by the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and Encompass Health. A spokesman at the medical center referred NPR to Encompass Health. Repeated calls to Encompass Health for comment were not returned. Buckalew said she filed a formal complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Buckalew's account lays bare tensions between some hospital systems and health care workers on the front lines of this disease. Many doctors, nurses and other hospital workers say they don't feel protected and are afraid in the midst of a shortage of masks and other protective gear. Some are bringing their own supplies, donated by friends and family or purchased at hardware stores. Meanwhile, some hospitals are instituting strict policies that bar medical workers from bringing their own personal protective equipment, or PPE, to work, or limiting how much protection a person can wear because of a shortage in supplies. Leaders at the American Academy of Emergency Medicine says they have heard accounts like Buckalew's from health care workers across the country.
"We're hearing a lot of people saying that 'I'm not getting adequate PPE at my job, so I was able to buy PPE and I'm using what I buy,'" said Dr. Lisa Moreno, the president-elect of AAEM. But when they wear it to work, she says, doctors have told her, "'I'm being yelled at. I'm being told to take it off. I'm being told that I'm scaring patients and that I'm scaring other people.' We've had people who had their jobs threatened."
Moreno said about two dozen people have formally complained to her organization. She said they've also received hundreds of calls from health care workers who are afraid to lose their jobs if they complain, but also feel that hospitals aren't letting them do what they need to do to protect themselves against an infectious and new virus. A virus that causes a disease that has killed dozens of health care workers in Italy and already taken the lives of at least two health care workers at the epicenter of the spread in the New York City metro area. "It seems that the hospital administrations are reacting to the fact that they are failing to provide adequate PPE for their staff," Moreno said. "And when one individual provides adequate PPE, it seems to highlight that fact to the other staff who haven't been able to purchase it."
These types of masks are very hard to come by. A quick search at Home Depot shows pretty much every type of protective mask is out of stock. And everyone from federal and local officials to hospital administrators are struggling to get their hands on as much personal protective equipment as they can in the midst of this pandemic. So Moreno says it's vital that health care workers are allowed to do what they feel they need to, to feel safe. Because if they get infected, not only could they get very ill or give it to patients, but there would be fewer skilled health care workers to treat sick patients.
She said she's also received complaints that hospital administrators are telling health care workers how much personal protective gear they can wear at work and when. Some doctors and nurses who want to wear their N95 masks at all times are being told no, she said, adding that one doctor told her that he needs to be extra-careful because his son has cancer.
Then there are cases like Henry Nikicicz in El Paso, Texas. He's an anesthesiologist, so he does intubations on patients. He's 60, has asthma and is particularly vulnerable to upper respiratory infections. Two weeks ago, he was intubating a patient for respiratory distress on his overnight shift at theUniversity Medical Center of El Paso. He walked into the hallway and saw people gathered in a group, so he slipped on his hospital-issued N95 mask.
When Nikicicz responded that he is susceptible to upper respiratory infections, the supervisor's texts appeared to get more aggressive. He referred to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan virus," a term that many say is not only inaccurate, but also stokes xenophobia. He texted in all capital letters that Nikicicz was the only one in the entire hospital wearing an N95 mask and that he would not be able to get one when the "real virus" comes in. Nikicicz texted back: "The real virus is here already."The next day, a hospital supervisor told him he wasn't allowed to wear the N95 mask when he wasn't in the operating room or treating a patient with an infectious disease, because they are costly and in short supply. Nikicicz was also told he was scaring the patients. The supervisor texted him that he could get a "regular mask" if he felt he needed one.
Nikicicz is an independent contractor who works with the placement company Somnia Anesthesia. He said he got a call from the company asking for his side of the story. He was told hospital administrators had complained. After that, Nikicicz said he was told not to go into work on Monday.
"I protect myself and protect the environment in case I am infected. In a situation like this, when we have social distancing, wearing a mask is one of the basic ways of stopping the spread of the virus," Nikicicz said. "And I really feel that injustice was done to me because of the fact that the right thing to do is to wear a mask. To punish me for wearing a mask is something that I really feel is wrong."
The University Medical Center of El Paso said in a statement that Nikicicz was removed from the schedule by Somnia Anesthesia for "insubordination."
"The anesthesiologist was told on numerous occasions by his supervisor to not wear the N95 surgical mask while not in the Operating Room area or while not treating patients with infectious disease," the statement said. "UMC is not unlike other hospitals in its efforts to conserve N95 surgical masks, especially when it comes to wearing them when not in the surgical/OR area. At the time of these incidents, the CDC did not require masks (and certainly not N95 masks) to be used by hospital staff when not treating patients or while in surgical/OR areas. Beyond this, we view this as a personnel matter between Somnia Anesthesia and its contracted anesthesiologist. " Hours after NPR reached out to the hospital, Nikicicz was put back on the schedule. Marc Koch, president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia, said that Nikicicz was not removed for insubordination. Koch said he was briefly taken off rotation because elective surgeries are canceled and hundreds of contract workers are being laid off.
"To be frank, I was trying to reach out to him to try to get him to come back. At no point was he terminated," Koch said. "He didn't listen to his chief, yes he was not listening. But what we were trying to do was see our way through that and help him and reconcile that issue."
Koch said protecting doctors has been his number one goal, even securing N95 masks to supply to hospitals that couldn't find any.
"The clinicians want to be safe. They want to meet or exceed the CDC guidelines," Koch said. "And the hospitals fear a run on supplies and [causing] patient anxiety."
因为美国医疗商业化，大批人掏不起医疗费破产或者一屁股债，想看病担心没钱看，这种自身难保的情况下，估计对整个医疗行业想同情也同情不起来吧
是这样的。 然后医院内部里也是等级制度森严的，管理人员和高年资医生其实躲起来不接触病人的很多，都是护士和住院医当炮灰。我认识的美国医生，对病人关心的不少，但是一旦做到高年资，基本都只关心自己收入，和病人没啥直接接触。
我在美国二十来年， 现在才了解到美国政府根本不管医护人员的死活， 非常非常的震惊， 惊呆了。 这几个月的shocks 比过去所有时候加起来还多。看来对美国太不了解了。
同意每一个字。CDC不止误判疫情，提供错误的guideline，还有超高的测试标准和永远难产的测试盒。最可耻的是WHO都被批了好几轮，总统到处甩锅，罪魁祸首CDC到现在还毫发无损，仿佛美国世界第一的疫情惨状和它毫无关系
不知道美国医疗体系里私立医院占多少比重，私立医院的医护人员应该是私立医院自己负责吧。未必是所有私立医院系统都不管医护人员的死活，有些是想管但管不了，因为确实无法做到PPE要多少有多少，想买买不到。但有些医院可能就是压根不想买。
纪念因新冠去世医护人员网站。
叹气。这是现实。
一方面是几万医护支援纽约，同时大家没有看到的另一面是，很多当地的执业医生拒绝去医院。
一般医生和医院的关系是affiliations, 这个时候不少医生直接和医院说，你们的PPE不够我不来，或者就是直接拒绝。有个医院affiliated 医生几百个，没有多少愿意去，只好在外面招临时医生过来帮忙。
为了收治COVID，纽约的医院现在给ER doctor开的价位是$350，加free hotel。senior doctors 不太愿意去，宁愿家里蹲。
Whistleblower nurse who spoke out about Littleton nursing home dies of COVID-19
https://www.wcvb.com/article/liife-care-center-of-nashoba-valley-nurse-dies-of-covid/32115540#
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJoSSvKINbQ
这个数字太高了，确定吗？如果真的是600医护感染，那对整个城市的医疗系统影响很大
More than 1,500 Massachusetts hospital workers test positive for COVID-19
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/more-than-500-massachusetts-healthcare-workers-test-positive-covid-19/2B5BNFQTHJFXBGD7VNBBPFVDSU/
Anna Jaques Hospital: 1 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: 169 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Beverly/Addison Gilbert Hospitals: 35 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Milton: 13 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Needham: 10 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BID – Plymouth: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Behavioral Sciences: 5 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Continuing Care: 3 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) BILH Primary Care: 25 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Boston Children’s Hospital: 67 (as of 4/13 at 4:15 p.m.) Boston Medical Center: 159 (as of 4/13 at 3:45 p.m.) Brigham and Women’s Hospital: 233 (as of 4/13 at 5 p.m.) Cambridge Health Alliance: 23 (as of 3/31 at 3:45 p.m.) Cape Cod Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Carney Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: 40 (as of 4/12) Falmouth Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Good Samaritan Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Haverhill N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Holy Family Hospital - Methuen N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Lahey Hospital and Medical Center: 91 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Lawrence General Hospital: 17 (as of 4/6 at 4 p.m.) Lowell General Hospital: 0 (as of 3/23 at 4:15 p.m.) Martha’s Vineyard Hospital: 1 (as of 4/9 at 7 p.m.) Massachusetts Eye & Ear: 22 (as of 4/13 at 1:45 p.m.) Massachusetts General Hospital: 291* (as of 4/13 at 3:15 p.m.) MelroseWakefield Hospital: N/A** (as of 4/6 at 1:30 p.m.) MetroWest Medical Center: N/A*** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Milford Regional Medical Center: 2 (as of 4/7 at 10 a.m.) Morton Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Mount Auburn Hospital: 37 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) Nantucket Cottage Hospital: 0 as of (3/23 at 2:15 p.m.) Nashoba Valley Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) New England Baptist Hospital: 16 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.) New England Sinai Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Newton-Wellesley Hospital: 69 (as of 4/13 at 12 p.m.) Norwood Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Anne’s Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center: N/A** (as of 3/31 at 9 a.m.) Saint Vincent Hospital - Worcester: 9**** (as of 4/1 at 7 p.m.) Signature Healthcare - Brockton Hospital: 6 (as of 4/5) South Shore Hospital: N/A** (as of 3/23 at 3 p.m.) Tufts Medical Center: 106 (as of 4/13 at 2 p.m.) UMass Memorial Health Care: 22 (as of 3/30 at 4:30 p.m.) Winchester Hospital: 36 (as of 4/13 at 8 a.m.)
TOTAL: 1,513
*From Massachusetts General Hospital: “Based on hospital data, broad implementation of CDC-guided infection control procedures at the MGH, and significant community spread in Massachusetts, we believe the vast majority of these individuals did not contract the virus at work.”
**Cape Cod Healthcare, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, South Shore Health and Steward Health Care told Boston 25 News they’re referring all COVID-19 data requests from the media to DPH. A DPH spokesperson told Boston 25 News they’re not tracking the number of healthcare workers or hospital employees who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
***Spokeswoman for MetroWest Medical Center told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number.
****Spokeswoman for Saint Vincent Hospital told Boston 25 News she was unable to provide us with a number, however Boston 25 News obtained an internal email from a source in which the hospital’s CEO, Carolyn Jackson, states 9 staff members in total have tested positive for COVID-19.
If there’s an organization not listed above that you’d like included in the tally, email [email protected]
这个的确是这样。前段时间参与组织当地华人社区给医院捐PPE，本来联系中国找合格厂家找物流这些就很麻烦了，结果医院说他们货源充足，不需要捐赠。事实上，妈妈群里有医院的医护求PPE，根本就不充足，而且很薄。本来我们天真以为医院不肯接收是怕PPE不达标或防止坏人危害，保护员工。我一个同事的亲人是政府工，说是医院怕影响声誉。当时听了还很吃惊，都什么时候了还想着reputation，如果死人多了不是更名誉扫地？这次看清了医院和学校这些机构都是差不多的，说得不好听一点，都是靠盘剥员工为生的。
呵呵，六百已经是史前时代的事儿了
这么多医护感染，所有密切接触者都要隔离观察，医院还怎么正常运行？
社交媒体上都没啥动静， 我在的几个facebook coronavirus crisis groups都没有人转发， 好惨
直面真相是痛苦的。 好多人都选择了回避。
你看huaren 的贴子，两个女人和一个男人 很快就有5万阅读量，还被版主标了重点。
Health care workers in Ohio are testing positive for COVID-19 at an alarming rate
Dan HornTerry DeMioCincinnati Enquirer
Apr. 13, 2020
More than 1,300 health care workers in Ohio have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, accounting for about 1 of every 5 positive tests in the state. But Ohio’s public health officials aren’t talking about where all those employees work, how they’re doing now or how many may have been infected in “hot spots,” or clusters of positive tests. State and local health departments, the Ohio Hospital Association, the Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati and the hospitals themselves all have refused to provide details beyond a statewide total. The reason? Most say revealing more information could jeopardize the privacy of infected employees. They say more specific numbers for hospitals, or even for entire cities or counties, could allow someone to figure out who got sick, thereby violating the workers’ privacy rights. “It is possible to piece together information … to possibly identify an individual,” said Melanie Amato, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Health.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/13/ohio-health-care-workers-test-positive-covid-19-alarming-rate/2981253001/