Ohio Summons National Guard To Help Hospitals

The Associated Press reports:

Ohio today became the latest state to summon the National Guard to help overwhelmed medical facilities. Experts in Nebraska warned that its hospitals soon may need to ration care.

Medical officials in Kansas and Missouri are delaying surgeries, turning away transfers and desperately trying to hire traveling nurses, as cases double and triple in an eerie reminder of last year’s holiday season.

Experts attribute most of the rise in cases and hospitalizations to infections among people who have not been inoculated against the coronavirus. The government says 61% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated.

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Hospitals across the U.S. are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers. Already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 delta variant, they’re now bracing for an oncoming omicron surge. https://t.co/gcOyZGE3VG

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18, 2021