Nebraska COVID-19 petition: More than 1,700 healthcare workers call for help

[Omaha Steve]

Source: WOWT

By Gina Dvorak

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - “The life you save may be your own.”

From surgeons to technicians, nurses to residents, psychiatrists to oncologists, from pediatrics to geriatrics, and many in emergency medicine, more than 1,700 local medical professionals, students, and others working in the local healthcare system are making an appeal to Nebraskans.

“Nebraska currently has one of the fastest-growing outbreaks of COVID-19 in the United States,” a letter posted on Nebraska Medicine’s website Tuesday states before raising a flag on hospital capacity, a key COVID-19 metric Gov. Pete Ricketts has pointed to during recent news conferences while warning about possible further restrictions.

“Currently, Nebraska Medicine has 10 units full of COVID-19 patients. We are not able to add more space and will soon not have the workforce to care for more patients,” the letter states.


Read more: https://www.wowt.com/2020/11/18/nebraska-covid-19-petition-more-than-1700-healthcare-workers-call-for-help/

[Sherman A1]

1. The medical community in Missouri is begging Governor "Do Nothing" Parsons

to do something, but that of course doesn't fit in too well with Doing Nothing.

[ck4829]

2. K&R

[mpcamb]

3. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was one of the repubs who did too little too late. Also-

Fired waitress says she posted video of Ricketts unmasked because she was 'aggravated'
https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/fired-waitress-says-she-posted-video-of-ricketts-unmasked-because-she-was-aggravated/article_adf0d949-e8b6-5027-b630-21d5dd7ffe56.html