The health system has hired off duty police at their testing sites in response to pushing and shoving. Continue Reading →
YNHH on Rapid Uptick in Covid Cases: “We’ve never seen anything like this”
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Dr. Tom Balcezak
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Yale New Haven Health: This Year, Get a Flu Shot; Omicron Will Likely Become Dominant Variant; Patients Delaying Care Due to the Pandemic
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“We’ve got another year or so of what we’ve been living with. Hopefully we’ve learned about public health measures specific to Covid, and we can blunt future waves more substantially than in the past, and we learn to live with those waves and ways we can blunt them.” – Dr. Tom Balcezak, Yale New Haven Health System. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, COVID-19, delta variant, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Marna Borgstrom, Omicron variant, Yale New Health System
Yale New Haven Health Covid Update: Pediatric Vaccines, Masking School Children, Boosters
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“You have two choices: Either get vaccinated or you’re going to get Covid. It’s just a matter of time.” – Dr. Tom Balcezak,chief clinical officer, Yale New Haven Health System Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, booster shots, COVID-19, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Yale New Haven Health System
Covid-19 Update: Stark Increase in Covid Cases, Almost All Delta Variant
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“Think of the Delta variant as ice on the road in driving that car. If there was ice on the road, would you drive out to a restaurant? You might not. You might think twice about it.” – Dr. Tom Balcezak Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, COVID-19, Dr. Tom Balcezak, FDA, Pfizer, Yale New Haven Health System
Concern Increases over Delta Variant: Fivefold Increase Over Two Weeks at Yale New Haven Health System
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“The biggest group in our population in Connecticut that needs to get vaccinated is the 12 -25 year old group. That’s the folks across our state who are young and healthy, but are at risk of the virus,” he continued. “When they get it they spread it a lot and put our vaccinated folks, which are our older groups, at risk.” – Dr. Tom Balcezak, Yale New Haven Health System Chief Medical Officer Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health System
Yale New Haven Health System Mandates Covid Vaccine for Staff
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Dr. Tom Balcezak, chief medical officer of Yale New Haven Hospital said that with the delta variant, either you get the vaccine or you will will get Covid. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, COVID-19, Dr. Tom Balcezak, vaccination, Yale New Haven Health System
Covid Update: Tremendous Drop in Numbers, Myocarditis in a ‘Tiny Fraction’ of Young Men; Zero New Cases in Greenwich Schools
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As of Tuesday there was just one Covid-19 patient at Greenwich Hospital. Superintendent Dr. Jones said it was the fourth week in the row that the number of active cases in Greenwich Schools was zero. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Schools, COVID-19, CT Dept of Education, CT Dept of Health, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Dr. Toni Jones, Greenwich High School
Yale New Haven Health System: More Doses than Arms. Vaccination Hesitancy is Slowing Demand.
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Leaders of the Yale New Haven Health System shared the message that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and that if someone vaccinated does get the disease the vaccine shortens the length and severity of illness. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Greenwich Hospital, Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health System
Covid-19 Vaccinations in CT: Fighting Misinformation, Scheduling an Appointment, Anticipating Herd Immunity
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During a press conference on Wednesday, the CEO of Yale New Haven Health System, Marna Borgstrom, said the high mark for Covid-19 hospitalizations was four months ago during the second wave of Covid-19. On December 8, 2020 the system had 447 Covid-positive patients. As of Wednesday, the system was down to 165 patients, with 44 in ICU and fewer than half of them on ventilators. That breaks down as 97 at Yale New Haven Hospital, 43 at Bridgeport, 11 at L+M, 11 at Greenwich Hospital, 2 at Westerly. Nearly 10,000 people have been discharged after being admitted with Covid-19. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, COVID-19, Dana Marnane, Dr. Tom Balcezak, Fred Camillo, Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health System
Yale New Haven Health System Covid-19 Update: Zero Flu, Number of Hospitalizations Way Down, “It’s pretty remarkable.”
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Since the start of vaccinations for people over 65, demand has surged. Continue Reading →