Health officials have warned since the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout that areas with lower inoculation rates are at greater risk of higher cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
since the pandemic began there have been 1.1 million excess deaths, or deaths that exceed the numbers of people expected to die over the same period.
Dillaha said that because states were competing for traveling nurses, Arkansas hospitals were offering higher wages to incentivize them to work there. She said this created a disparity between the wages of traveling nurses and the full-time staff nurses that had to be addressed. "Having to pay very high rates for temporary nursing staff, we've seen turnover in the hospitals," he said.Doctors also stressed that families living in areas with low vaccination rates can suffer a cost -- financially and emotionally.
Parents may also be forced to miss work if they have a child who gets sick and can't attend school or daycare, or if their classroom or school closes due to an outbreak and they must switch to remote learning.
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