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9 Nov, 7 tweets, 4 min read
1/4 of @StLukesHealth Magic Valley patients are COVID19+. Twin Falls will consider ordinance mandating face coverings when in public places to try to slow outbreak. PLEASE help show support for this, as we're hearing of large protests against it planned.
tfid.org/514/Agendas-Mi…
16% of COVID-19 tests in Twin Falls County are coming back positive right now. At one point last week 52 people were hospitalized with COVID...in ONE hospital. @StLukesHealth is hoping the TFCC will look at the data/research and take action with masks. stlukesonline.org/health-service…
If you know people in Twin Falls, please have them submit their comments in support of face coverings ASAP by 12pm to be included before tonight's 5p meeting: forms.tfid.org/Forms/CouncilC… #WearAMask
What @StLukesHealth is prepared to share w/ Twin Falls: Our wish is not to polarize, but we firmly believe that, for the greater good of the community as a whole, the City Council should institute a temporary, short-term (60-day) face mask requirement for individuals in public.
...This temporary order may or may not be needed in the future but instituting this now would give the medical community a much-needed reprieve and the community leaders time to formulate and institute additional, longer-term solutions. @StLukesHealth
.@StLukesHealth also plans to share additional actions/ strategies we believe Twin Falls could lead to formulate a multi-pronged or “bundled” approach to improve and maintain the physical and economic health of the community. Masks are just one part of this.
...We get it. This work is sensitive, complicated and extremely difficult and @StLukesHealth wants to collaborate and be part of the solutions that keep Twin Falls thriving. We appreciate the step the City Council there took to raise this issue.

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10 Nov
.@BSDEducation Board is also happening now. @drkennybramwell from @StLukesHealth Children's will answer questions and provide information about #COVID19 and kids:
Since the reintroduced of secondary students, @BSDEducation says it has seen an uptick in positive rates among students and staff. They say it's to be expected when you have more people back on campuses, even part time.
.@BSDEducation says 550 elementary students are currently quarantining due to a COVID19 exposure and 507 secondary students are doing the same. It’s a small percentage, they say – less than 1%. It’s based on contact tracing efforts.
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29 Oct
1/ Would you mind saying a prayer/sending a good vibe to this patient tonight? Three years ago they survived a double lung transplant. Now they’re on a ventilator in @StLukesHealth Boise’s ICU and extremely sick with #COVID19. I can’t stop thinking about them and the care team.
2/ Before the patient went on the ventilator, they expressed deep sadness & regret to the care team, the feeling they had somehow disappointed the donor & family that gave their lungs for this patient to live, then 3 years later despite being so careful, they now have COVID19. 😔
3/ COVID19 impacts so many people in so many heartbreaking and unexpected ways. Please don’t be the reason someone like this is sick with this deplorable virus. Take it seriously. I can’t imagine the guilt the person who unknowingly passed the virus on to this patient must feel.
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27 Oct
It’s feeling like a marathon of important meetings this week and it’s only Tuesday. @CDHidaho is up next with a meeting tonight at 5:15p.
Important context if you are watching
@CDHidaho: Treasure Valley may not be the hot spot now, but our hospitals are supporting small, rural hospitals at a breaking point. @StLukesHealth's Dr. Jim Souza said on a call today, "The cavalry is not coming over the hill. We are it."
Holy cow. Dr. Souza's talk to @CDHidaho. Speechless. I recorded it on my phone and will share shortly.
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26 Oct
PLEASE do NOT go to local Emergency Departments just to get a COVID-19 test if you have mild symptoms. @StLukesHealth has same-day appointments available in clinics. EDs need to be left open for those who are truly having an emergency: linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19…
2/ In the last week as coronavirus cases have gone up, more people have come to @StLukesHealth Emergency Departments asking for COVID-19 tests. Patients often have no symptoms or mild symptoms yet are seeking emergency care. (DON'T DO THAT, PLEASE.)
3/ @StLukesHealth provides COVID-19 tests for symptomatic patients in select primary care clinics by-appointment. At this time most locations have same day tests available and results are back within one to two days. St. Luke’s is unable to accept walk-ins.
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29 Jul
1/ Ok, I finally have a little time. I'm going to share what @StLukesHealth's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jim Souza, shared w/ @westadaschools board on the reopening of schools. Get a glass of ice tea, this is going to be a long one, or just watch it here:
2/ "This infection is rampantly spreading in some of our communities now...Our positivity rates are up from single digits to double digits in testing...People are largely now acquiring this in the community. Largely, I believe, in their backyard events and non-safe workplaces.”
3/ “It’s a BIG deal...Our ICUs are straining. They’ve been operating @ 110-130% their usual volumes for the past 3 weeks. Do we have bed capacity? Yes, however staffing is becoming a challenge."
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8 Jul
ICYMI: I went back and really listened to what @StLukesHealth's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jim Souza, told the @CDHidaho board about #COVID19 testing in Idaho because I think it's critically important to the conversation right now, so I'm going to share it in a series of tweets:
2/ “We’re going to be in a scarcity situation for the foreseeable future as long as I can see. We need to get clear about those priority tiers and the allocation of testing resources to those tiers. Let me just state this clearly for the group: ..."
3/ "If asked to prioritize a student returning to school, or an athlete in order to perform at an event, or a vulnerable patient about to be admitted to a long term care facility, I think there is no question who we will need to prioritize in a scarcity situation. None at all."
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