As COVID cases continue to skyrocket in the U.S. due to low vaccination rates in some states, hospitals across the U.S. are currently swamped with the flood of unvaccinated patients.
To make matters worse, many hospitals are faced with nursing shortages as a result of burnout and out-of-state gigs.
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Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oregon all have recorded more hospitalisations over the past few days at any point since the onset of the pandemic, and nurses are fed up with that.
In Florida, hospital capacity has surged so much that ambulance services and fire departments have to work around the clock to respond to emergencies.
Nearly 70 percent of Florida hospitals are expecting critical staffing shortages in the next week.
In Oregon, in light of the grave situation, governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday that state employees must be fully vaccinated by October 18 or six weeks after a COVID-19 vaccine receives full federal approval. Her office has planned to announce a statewide indoor mask requirement later today.
The surge in COVID infections came since summer started. And the same can be said for parts of Europe.
Britain on Monday recorded more than 5,900 hospitalisations, but the latest surge hasn't overwhelmed medical centers. As of yesterday, the government said 75 percent of adults have been fully vaccinated.
Italy also recorded more summer infections. But they haven't resulted in any spike in hospitalisations yet.
The U.S. is averaging more than 116,000 new COVID infections every day along with about 50,000 hospitalisations, which is widely considered unprecedented.
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