Month: September 2021

Syracuse, N.Y. — Breakthrough Covid-19 cases have occurred in about 1% of Onondaga County residents who were fully vaccinated against the virus. Since the vaccine was rolled out earlier this year, 293,452 county residents have been fully vaccinated. But the county has reported 3,223 Covid breakthrough cases. Of those cases, 14 fully vaccinated people have died. Most of the breakthrough cases in the county are occurring among people who received the Pfizer vaccine. Those are some of the details about Covid breakthrough cases Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon revealed today during a press briefing. A breakthrough case is an instance in which a person becomes infected with Covid even though they have been vaccinated against the virus. McMahon said county data on breakthrough c...

From burnout to bed space, Lancaster General Hospital is feeling the effects of rising COVID-19 cases and staffing shortages.Doctors are concerned about patient care, given that beds are filling up and workers are feeling the strain."It's no different than any other industry who's trying to find skilled labor, so health care is having the same challenges. We're facing a burnout crisis, of personal burnout," said Dr. Michael Ripchinski, the chief clinical officer for Lancaster General Health.There are hundreds of unfilled positions at LG Health. Some workers left after refusing to get vaccinated."Very small percentage," Ripchinski said.Ripchinski said that while hospital staffing shortages aren't out of the ordinary, this is happening during another wave of COVID-19 cases. It's puttin...