With the spread of the Delta variant and lagging vaccination rates, Covid-19 cases have strained many hospitals across the US -- which one expert called unfair and unacceptable.
Montana's health care system is under that strain, including St. Peter's Health in Helena, which is operating under crisis standards of care.The 1918 flu pandemic killed 50 million people. These lessons could help avoid a repeat with Covid-19"We are at the point where not every patient in need will get the care we might wish we could give. It is not business as usual at your local health care system," Dr. Shelly Harkins, chief medical officer of St. Peter's Health, said.
Should previously infected people get vaccinated?On the question of whether previously infected people should be vaccinated to be protected from the virus, Fauci said recovered patients have a"considerable degree of immunity."However, he emphasized to CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union" Sunday, that it's unclear how long that protection lasts.Vaccine boosters for more people are on the horizon.
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