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16 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
IDHW Director Jeppesen: 93 percent of Idahoans who got their first dose have received second dose, and 4.9 percent are within the time frame to get their second dose. #idahocovid19
Idaho is now receiving a bit more than 50,000 first doses of Pfizer and Moderna a week. This week, Idaho also received 2,500 doses of J&J.
NEW: High-risk Idahoans ages 16-44 will be eligible to get the vaccine beginning April 12th

Before May 1, all Idahoans will be eligible for the vaccine. #idahocovid19
The general public ages 16 and older will be eligible on April 26th, nearly a week before President Biden's target of May 1 for the nation. #idahocovid19

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8 Dec 20
You can listen in on the AARP Idaho call with Gov. Brad Little here: facebook.com/AARPIdaho/ #idpol #idahocovid19
Gov. Little on healthcare capacity: "It is concerning in certain areas." (I think some hospital CEOs would say this is an understatement.) Predicts because of the vaccine, Idaho can go relatively back to normal in late April, May, June-ish.
IDHW Director Jeppesen says if the Pfizer vaccine is approved this weekend as expected, Idaho will likely receive its first shipment of doses on Tuesday or Wednesday. #idahocovid19
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5 Dec 20
Listening to the CDH board meeting, and there are protesters in the building interrupting the director as he's trying to speak. Watch here.
Dr. Jim Souza says while hospital capacity is tough, the real story is staffing shortages.

"We are definitely employing what you would call contingency standards of care.” Not crisis, but “not adhering to our usual modus operandi.” They almost went on divert earlier this week.
St. Lukes "will move a mountain before we go on divert," Souza says, but they were almost there this week. "What spared us were some unanticipated deaths." #idahocovid19
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17 Nov 20
Good morning. I'm listening to @boisemayor McLean's briefing from local health care leaders about the current healthcare situation in the Treasure Valley.
@boisemayor St. Luke's Dr. Souza: We are now well beyond normal staffing operations and approaching the limits of what we can do. He reiterates what we've been hearing for a while: We're getting closer and closer to rationing care, which is entirely preventable. #IdahoCovid19
Souza suggest enforcement and consequences to those in the business community who aren't adhering to existing mandates. (So many officials have shied away from this.)
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22 Oct 20
Happy Thursday afternoon! I'm watching the Panhandle Health District Board of Health meeting (my fourth BOH meeting this week!!) Updates here. #idahocovid19
Jeff Lee from Kootenai Health: "This is going to be short, bu I can't guarantee sweet." Lee says cases are surpassing peaks from July. I can't see the slides on this stream, but Lee says they may quickly outstrip hospital's availability. #idahocovid19
Lee says his slide is already out of date. "We've had three more deaths since I updated this an hour ago." #idahocovid19
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22 Oct 20
Watching PHD7 (east Idaho) BOH meeting. Dr. John Landers is presenting on mental health. The numbers are going across the screen pretty quickly, but the gist of his presentation: Young people, minorities, those with fewer economic resources are more at risk for depression.
The data he's using was from a nationwide survey conducted in June. I'm going to try to get the slides for his presentation.
Unemployment or underemployment, working from home, isolation, difficulty accessing mental health care and COVID-related restrictions seem to be a big driver for younger people experiencing depression and anxiety -- not so much the fear of getting COVID, Landers says.
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21 Oct 20
Grim updates from St. Luke's Magic Valley, Cassia, and Minidoka hospitals. Minidoka and Cassia are holding, but have very high positivity rates (30 to 40 percent). St. Luke's Magic Valley has no more room. All are reporting critical staffing shortages. #idahocovid19
Dr. Joshua Kern of St. Lukes MV: "At no point during the pandemic so far have you heard St Luke's crying wolf.... Today is the day." Hospitals are at capacity, hospitalizations are a lagging indicator, and cases continue to rise. Next two weeks could be very bad. #idahocovid19
Administrator from St. Luke's MV is speaking now, saying suggestions and resolutions on masks, as opposed to mandates, aren't working, and puts the burden on frontline workers. "Not making decisions to impose things that we know will work will ultimately shut down the economy."
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