Despite having the highest vaccination rates in the country, there are constant reminders for most New England states of just how vicious the delta variant is. Hospitals are seeing full intensive care units and staff shortages are starting to affect care
Alanna Gomes exits out the back of Bethel AME Church after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the sanctuary Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Providence, R.I. Despite having some of the highest vaccination rates in the country, the New England states are still grappling with rapidly increasing COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths.
Despite the relatively high vaccination rates — the U.S. as a whole is averaging 55.5% — there are still hundreds of thousands of people across the region who, for one reason or another, remain unvaccinated and vulnerable to infection., once touted as the level that would help end the pandemic in the state, is enough.
Yet the head of UMass Memorial Health, the largest health system in central Massachusetts, said recently that regional hospitals were seeing nearly 20 times more COVID-19 patients than in June and there isn’t an ICU bed to spare.to make it easier to cope with the latest wave of the pandemic. Dr. Gretchen Volpe, an infectious disease specialist at the 48-bed York Hospital in Maine, said the delta surge has made it harder to find care for patients who need more assistance.
He is now recommending that schools require masks and he's urging people to wear masks in crowded indoor locations. But he won't reinstitute required mitigation measures that were in place during the state of emergency.Dr. Tim Lahey, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, said he felt it was important to look at the situation more optimistically.
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