DeSantis for the win
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Numbers looking really good across The Sun Belt today.
I dunno about "really good" but they are improving and moving in the right direction.
"DeSantis for the win"
Recently DeSantis claimed that his bold efforts have obtained all the remdesivir the state would ever require over the upcoming weeks. Of course he rejected New York's offer on July 11th to send remesivir.
Let's see how things are going today...
Pinellas County Commission pleads with DeSantis to send coronavirus drug
Chair Pat Gerard said local hospitals "are in desperate need" for remdesivir, an experimental drug that has been shown to reduce recovery time.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...leads-with-desantis-to-send-coronavirus-drug/
When hospital leaders last week told the Pinellas County Commission how coronavirus cases are straining intensive care units and nursing staffs, they said they were finding some relief in one promising drug.
The problem is that officials from AdventHealth, BayCare and HCA have not been able to secure sufficient quantities of remdesivir, an experimental medicine that has reduced coronavirus recovery time in some trials.
On Monday, Pinellas County Commission Chair Pat Gerard wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, pleading with him for help in securing a supply, stating that “our local hospitals are in desperate need for more of the lifesaving drug remdesivir.”
“(Hospital leaders) continue to advise that the shortage of remdesivir along with the lack of medical personnel has created life and safety issues during this pandemic,” Gerard wrote.
DeSantis stated at a July 18 press conference that 30,000 bottles of remdesivir were on their way to Florida hospitals. Two DeSantis spokespeople did not immediately respond to emailed questions on Monday about when and where those supplies will be distributed.
According to her letter dated Friday but sent to DeSantis on Monday, Gerard stated there were 67 patients in Pinellas County on ventilators and 106 in intensive care units due to COVID-19.
As of Monday, 380 people in Pinellas County have died from coronavirus and 15,339 people have tested positive.
Although the number of new coronavirus deaths in Pinellas County has been going down over the past seven days, about 65 percent of deaths have occurred in the past four weeks — which Gerard called “a huge concern.”
She expressed worry over the county’s “much older population” with 250 long term care facilities with 13,000 residents.
“Our medical professionals are doing all they can including using convalescent plasma but advise the demand for remdesivir is high,” Gerard wrote.
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency approval of remdesivir in early May, but initial distribution to hospitals across the country by its wholesale distributor, AmerisourceBergen, has been inconsistent.
In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times on Monday, Dr. Doug Ross, chief medical officer of AdventHealth Tampa, said because of limited supply, the hospital is using remdesivir only to treat patients requiring low-flow oxygen and no mechanical ventilation, following CDC guidelines.
Research has shown the drug to be less effective on patients requiring high oxygen and mechanical ventilation. But if there were more supply, Ross said the hospital would be able “to liberalize it to more patients.”
“The bottom line is, I don’t feel comfortable with what we have,” Ross said. “We could always use more.”
AdventHealth patients who received the drug in May, June and July experienced a reduction in hospital stays of two and a half days, compared to COVID-19 patients that went without remdesivir in March and April, Ross said.
Recently DeSantis claimed that his bold efforts have obtained all the remdesivir the state would ever require over the upcoming weeks. Of course he rejected New York's offer on July 11th to send remesivir.
Let's see how things are going today...
Pinellas County Commission pleads with DeSantis to send coronavirus drug
Chair Pat Gerard said local hospitals "are in desperate need" for remdesivir, an experimental drug that has been shown to reduce recovery time.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...leads-with-desantis-to-send-coronavirus-drug/
When hospital leaders last week told the Pinellas County Commission how coronavirus cases are straining intensive care units and nursing staffs, they said they were finding some relief in one promising drug.
The problem is that officials from AdventHealth, BayCare and HCA have not been able to secure sufficient quantities of remdesivir, an experimental medicine that has reduced coronavirus recovery time in some trials.
On Monday, Pinellas County Commission Chair Pat Gerard wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, pleading with him for help in securing a supply, stating that “our local hospitals are in desperate need for more of the lifesaving drug remdesivir.”
“(Hospital leaders) continue to advise that the shortage of remdesivir along with the lack of medical personnel has created life and safety issues during this pandemic,” Gerard wrote.
DeSantis stated at a July 18 press conference that 30,000 bottles of remdesivir were on their way to Florida hospitals. Two DeSantis spokespeople did not immediately respond to emailed questions on Monday about when and where those supplies will be distributed.
According to her letter dated Friday but sent to DeSantis on Monday, Gerard stated there were 67 patients in Pinellas County on ventilators and 106 in intensive care units due to COVID-19.
As of Monday, 380 people in Pinellas County have died from coronavirus and 15,339 people have tested positive.
Although the number of new coronavirus deaths in Pinellas County has been going down over the past seven days, about 65 percent of deaths have occurred in the past four weeks — which Gerard called “a huge concern.”
She expressed worry over the county’s “much older population” with 250 long term care facilities with 13,000 residents.
“Our medical professionals are doing all they can including using convalescent plasma but advise the demand for remdesivir is high,” Gerard wrote.
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency approval of remdesivir in early May, but initial distribution to hospitals across the country by its wholesale distributor, AmerisourceBergen, has been inconsistent.
In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times on Monday, Dr. Doug Ross, chief medical officer of AdventHealth Tampa, said because of limited supply, the hospital is using remdesivir only to treat patients requiring low-flow oxygen and no mechanical ventilation, following CDC guidelines.
Research has shown the drug to be less effective on patients requiring high oxygen and mechanical ventilation. But if there were more supply, Ross said the hospital would be able “to liberalize it to more patients.”
“The bottom line is, I don’t feel comfortable with what we have,” Ross said. “We could always use more.”
AdventHealth patients who received the drug in May, June and July experienced a reduction in hospital stays of two and a half days, compared to COVID-19 patients that went without remdesivir in March and April, Ross said.
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Tsing is good with numbers. Have you found him a job yet?
Florida prison COVID spike: ‘They are just issuing death sentences'
https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...-spike-they-are-just-issuing-death-sentences/
Fredo is an excellent character witness. I tell ya.
"DeSantis for the win" Got to put all the bodies somewhere...
Florida neighborhood upset after funeral home brings in refrigerated truck to store COVID-19 corpses
https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...refrigerated-truck-to-store-covid-19-corpses/
A disturbing situation has been unfolding in Hialeah, Florida after a funeral home began running out of space.
The facility has become so overwhelmed with COVID-19 victims it has begun using a refrigerated truck. The problem with the temporary morgue is that it is located right behind residential homes.
“I’m not okay and we’re going to keep fighting because that needs to go away,” said Liliana Acosta, who lives next to the Memorial Plan San Jose Funeral Home.
Acosta has owned her home in Hialeah for more than 20 years.
Her fence backs up to the funeral home and she said she’s never had an issue with them. That was, until a few days ago when the funeral home brought in a refrigerated truck and parked it just inches from her back door.
“It’s what, two feet maybe? Less?” she said. “They told us that they have COVID bodies that were coming in and they were storing them in there because they’re at full capacity inside.
(More at above url)
Florida neighborhood upset after funeral home brings in refrigerated truck to store COVID-19 corpses
https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...refrigerated-truck-to-store-covid-19-corpses/
A disturbing situation has been unfolding in Hialeah, Florida after a funeral home began running out of space.
The facility has become so overwhelmed with COVID-19 victims it has begun using a refrigerated truck. The problem with the temporary morgue is that it is located right behind residential homes.
“I’m not okay and we’re going to keep fighting because that needs to go away,” said Liliana Acosta, who lives next to the Memorial Plan San Jose Funeral Home.
Acosta has owned her home in Hialeah for more than 20 years.
Her fence backs up to the funeral home and she said she’s never had an issue with them. That was, until a few days ago when the funeral home brought in a refrigerated truck and parked it just inches from her back door.
“It’s what, two feet maybe? Less?” she said. “They told us that they have COVID bodies that were coming in and they were storing them in there because they’re at full capacity inside.
(More at above url)