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Why This Covid-19 Surge Is ‘unprecedented In This Pandemic’ – CNN

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(CNN)The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that’s different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say.

“We’re seeing a surge in patients again, unprecedented in this pandemic,” said Dr. James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Hospital.

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“What’s coming for the rest of the country could be very serious. And they need to be prepared.”

    Even health care workers are getting sidelined during the rapid rise of the Omicron variant, the most contagious strain of novel coronavirus to hit the US.

      “Our health system is at a very different place than we were in previous surges,” emergency medicine professor Dr. Esther Choo said.

        “This strain is so infectious that I think all of us know many, many colleagues who are currently infected or have symptoms and are under quarantine,” said Choo, associate professor at Oregon Health and Science University.

        “We’ve lost at least 20% of our health care workforce — probably more.”

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          The Covid-19 case surge is altering daily life across the US. Things will likely get worse, experts warn

          But because Omicron is much more contagious, the raw number of Covid-19 hospitalizations could get worse, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

          “When you have so many, many cases, even if the rate of hospitalization is lower with Omicron than it is with Delta, there’s still the danger that you’re going to have a surging of hospitalizations that might stress the health care system,” said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

          School districts go remote after record-high child Covid-19 hospitalizations

          Just as millions of students prepared to return to school, new pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a record high.

          For the week ending December 28, an average of 378 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19, according to CDC data.

          What parents should know about sending kids back to school during Omicron

          That’s a 66% jump from the previous week. It also breaks the previous record of 342 set during the Delta variant surge at the beginning of the school year.

          With the more transmissible Omicron variant, some schools might want to postpone in-person learning, pediatrician Dr. Peter Hotez said.

          “It may be the case in some school districts, where things are so raging right now in terms of Omicron for the next couple of weeks, and it may be prudent to delay things a couple more weeks,” said Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

          “It’s going to be a very challenging time,” Hotez said. “People are going to have to be patient.”

          In Georgia, at least five large Atlanta-area school districts will be starting class remotely next week.

          Colleges and K-12 schools adapt schedules and requirements as Covid cases rise

          “Due to the rapid rise in positive cases in the metro Atlanta area, students will begin virtual classes Tuesday, Jan. 4 through Friday, Jan. 7,” Atlanta Public Schools said Saturday.

          “Our current plan is to resume in-person instruction on Monday, Jan. 10,” the school district said.

          “All APS staff are required to report to their work location Monday, Jan. 3, for mandatory COVID-19 surveillance testing, unless they are ill. The data collected from staff testing will be used for future planning.”

          APS said the goal is to allow students and staff to be tested and to isolate and quarantine as needed, according to CDC and health department’s guidelines.

          Four other nearby school districts — in Fulton County, DeKalb County, Rockdale County and Clayton County — all announced temporary remote learning following the holiday break.

          ‘Omicron is truly everywhere’

          Across the country, the rapid spread of Omicron variant has impacted businesses, transportation and emergency services.

          “Omicron is truly everywhere,” said Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency medicine professor at Brown University’s School of Public Health.

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          “What I am so worried about over the next month or so is that our economy is going to shut down — not because of policies from the federal government or from the state governments, but rather because so many of us are ill.”

          In New York, staffing issues led to the suspension of several subway lines, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced last week.

          In Ohio, the mayor of Cincinnati declared a state of emergency after a spike in Covid-19 infections led to staffing shortages in the city’s fire department.

          The mayor said if the problem goes unaddressed, it would “substantially undermine” first responders’ readiness levels.

          And thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed as staff and crew call out sick.

          Long lines form for Covid-19 PCR tests December 28 in Stamford, Connecticut.

          Vast majority of patients are unvaccinated, experts say

          While Americans who have been fully vaccinated might get infected with Omicron, they are less likely than the unvaccinated to get seriously ill, health experts say.

          “What we’re seeing is that our vaccinated patients aren’t getting sick, and our frail, multiple comorbidities-vaccinated patients do need admission, but their admissions are shorter and they’re able to leave the hospital after several days,” said Dr. Catherine O’Neal, chief medical officer at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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          “Our unvaccinated patients are the sickest patients,” she said. “They’re the patients most likely to be on the ventilator.

          “We’re running out of tests,” O’Neal added. “We’re running out of room. We’re inundated in the ER.”

          Despite a year of calls from public health experts to get vaccinated — and now boosted — only about 62% of the US population is fully vaccinated, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

            And about 33.4% of those who are fully vaccinated have received their booster doses, the data shows.

            “If you’re unvaccinated, that’s the group still at highest risk,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “The adults that are being admitted to my institution, the vast majority continue to be unvaccinated.”

            CNN’s Ben Tinker, Alta Spells and Claudia Dominguez contributed to this report.

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