'There's a shortage of people who are willing to work in unsafe conditions.'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to protect immune-compromised people from the delta variant.wave is making Bob Gortney, an intensive care nurse in Fort Myers, think twice about his two decades in medicine.
"It's disheartening," Gortney said."I know some nurses have walked away from it. Some have just picked up and said, 'I can't do this no more.'"Sherri Parmar, a registered nurse at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, comforts John Henry Kaufman who had symptoms but tested negative for Covid-19 in Fort Myers, Fla., April 29, 2020.
"There was a failure to plan before the pandemic," Ross said."There was a failure to listen to us during it. And now that we're experiencing another surge, once again, there is a failure to plan."In Ross' estimation, hospitals were too frugal about staffing even before the pandemic, in order to maximize profits. COVID exacerbated that.
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