The NYT and similar outlets are reporting severe nursing shortages due to the "tremendous" amount of covid patients. The story on the ground is quite different.
Nurses are quitting because they don't want the jab. Many are walking out in solidarity. Civil rights attorneys are telling them they have no grounds for suing. There is a class action suit in progress, but it doesn't help those working in the Catholic health system. One attorney said, "If they tell everyone to dye their hair pink and you refuse, there's nothing you can do." This all sounds so unreal but it's direct from the mouths of those I know.
Meanwhile, a retired nurses - friend age 70, my sister age almost 80 - say their phones are ringing off the hook with call from recruiting agencies and hospitals offering eye-popping salaries. Filipino and Haitian friends report that relatives overseas are being recruited aggressively. No English? No problem.
A sign of things to come.
Its the treatment of staff putting hospitals in trouble but I dont believe media reports.
Remember NYC needed covid units so Trump gave them medical ships and they refused to use them because Trump made them available.
Other reports come out that there are no covid beds available. Duh, they only set up for 3. When said ICU is filled, Duh again people still had heart attacks without covid symptoms.
The patient care and power in the hospitals are the nurses. They can even stop doctors who dont treat patients according to their needs.