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Nurses protest weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance by CDC
The impeached President Donald J. Trump just held a national press conference and declared that he is suspending all travel from Europe to the United States starting tomorrow for the next 30 days, but the restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom for some reason. The Trump administration sees the coronavirus as a PR disaster for his administration, instead of a health crisis and has been trying to downplay the seriousness of the spreading pandemic. The impeached President Trump has also just falsely claimed that the US is better prepared to fight against the coronavirus than any other nation on the planet, and said that this is just a temporary moment in time. The truth is that fewer than 5,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus in the US as of March 9, 2010, as reported in Science Magazine.
Nurses protest weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance by CDC
By Lynda Carson - March 11, 2019
Oakland - Today at Alta Bates Medical Center (Summit Campus) in Oakland, nurses had a 12noon rally from 12:00PM - 12:30PM to protest the weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance standards. Meanwhile, the Grand Princess cruise ship is still docked at the Oakland Outer Harbor with passengers that are still disembarking from the coronavirus infected ship.
Other nurses locally and across the nation also hit the streets to protest the weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance standards for protection by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier today has officially declared the coronavirus a pandemic across the planet.
Meanwhile, reportedly the Trump administration has been making matters worse by making top-level meetings on the coronavirus top secret, and is withholding much needed information to help protect the nation. Additionally, reportedly the Trump administration has been withholding coronavirus testing kits from some governors.
The impeached President Donald J. Trump just held a national press conference and declared that he is suspending all travel from Europe to the United States starting tomorrow for the next 30 days, but the restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom for some reason. The Trump administration sees the coronavirus as a PR disaster for his administration, in stead of a health crisis and has been trying to downplay the seriousness of the spreading pandemic. The impeached President Trump has also just falsely claimed that the US is better prepared to fight against the coronavirus than any other nation on the planet, and said that this is just a temporary moment in time. The truth is that fewer than 5,000 people have been tested for the corona virus in the US as of March 9, 2010, as reported in Science Magazine.
Reportedly, out of the fewer than 5,000 coronavirus tests that occurred in the US, there are presently over 1,000 coronavirus cases that have been detected in the US, which is up ten-fold in a week.
A John Hopkins map of the coronavirus reveals that there have been a total of 125,865 cases of coronavirus across the planet, with 32 deaths in the United States linked to the virus so far.
Additionally, according to a press release from National Nurses United, “Registered nurses are outraged to learn that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday further weakened its guidance on measures to contain COVID-19. These changes include, among other things, rolling back personal protective equipment (PPE) standards from N-95 respirators to allow simple surgical masks; not requiring suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients to be placed in negative pressure isolation rooms at all times; and weakening protections for health care workers collecting diagnostic respiratory specimens. These are moves that National Nurses United nurses say will gravely endanger nurses, health care workers, patients, and our communities.
To protest the ineffective employer and government response to COVID-19 and demand protections now, nurses will be holding a national day of action on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, said the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) and National Nurses United. Nurses are fighting back collectively by holding rallies, press conferences, and solidarity actions across the country to demand optimal screening and isolation procedures and policies, staffing, PPE, training and education, and more.
“If nurses and health care workers aren’t protected, that means patients and the public are not protected,” said Bonnie Castillo, RN and CNA/NNOC and NNU executive director. “This is a major public health crisis of unknown proportions. Now is not the time to be weakening our standards and protections, or cutting corners. Now is the time we should be stepping up our efforts.”
CNA/NNOC and NNU note that some states, such as California, can maintain a higher standard of infectious disease protections for workers. In California, nurses and health care workers are protected by Cal-OSHA’s aerosol transmissible diseases standard, and Castillo said it is critical that the state hold the line on public health by vigorously enforcing those rules.
In addition to lobbying almost every federal health agency, the presidential administration, and members of Congress, and California health agencies to step up protections, NNU recently surveyed RNs nationwide, finding that the vast majority of the nation's health care facilities are unprepared for COVID-19, with only 29 percent of nurses reporting that their hospitals have a plan in place to isolate a coronavirus patient, and only 30 percent saying their employer has enough personal protective equipment if there is a rapid surge in patients with possible COVID-19 infections.
Many hospitals and healthcare facilities have failed to provide adequate personal protective equipment to nurses working with COVID-19 patients. Some facilities are telling nurses to continue to work while asymptomatic, even though they’ve been exposed to the virus and might be contagious. Testing at hospitals has been sporadic.
“We follow the precautionary principle, which means we shouldn’t wait for harm to occur before we take action to protect people’s health,” said Cathy Kennedy, RN at Kaiser Roseville.
Go to CNA/NNU’s COVID-19 page for our statements and letters to the Centers for Disease Control, Cal/OSHA, and others demanding protections for nurses and patients.”
Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com
List of CNA/NNOC and NNU National Day of Action events, all times are local to the location:
California
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Summit Campus) – 12-12:30 p.m. Rally 350 Hawthorne Ave, Oakland, CA
Contra Costa County Medical Center – 12 noon Rally 2500 Alhambra Ave, Martinez, CA
Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center – 7:30 a.m. Rally and Protest 700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA
Kaiser South Sacramento – 3:30 p.m. Rally and Protest 6600 Bruceville Road, Sacramento, CA
Kaiser Vallejo and Kaiser Vallejo Call Center – 11:30 a.m. Rally and Protest 975 Sereno Drive, Vallejo, CA
Mercy General, Sacramento – 11-11:30 a.m. Press Conference 4000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
St. Rose Hospital – 8-8:30 a.m. Rally 27200 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward, CA
UCSF – 12-12:30 pm Press Conference UCSF Parnassus Main Campus 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA
USC Keck Hospital, Los Angeles – 7:30-8:30 a.m. Rally 1500 San Pablo St. Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Westwood, Los Angeles – 12-1 p.m. Press Conference 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles
Chicago
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Chicago – 8 p.m. Candlelight Vigil 1969 Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL
Georgia
Augusta VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia – 12 noon Press Conference Corner of 15th and Harper Streets, Augusta, GA
National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, with more than 150,000 member nationwide.
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By Lynda Carson - March 11, 2019
Oakland - Today at Alta Bates Medical Center (Summit Campus) in Oakland, nurses had a 12noon rally from 12:00PM - 12:30PM to protest the weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance standards. Meanwhile, the Grand Princess cruise ship is still docked at the Oakland Outer Harbor with passengers that are still disembarking from the coronavirus infected ship.
Other nurses locally and across the nation also hit the streets to protest the weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance standards for protection by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier today has officially declared the coronavirus a pandemic across the planet.
Meanwhile, reportedly the Trump administration has been making matters worse by making top-level meetings on the coronavirus top secret, and is withholding much needed information to help protect the nation. Additionally, reportedly the Trump administration has been withholding coronavirus testing kits from some governors.
The impeached President Donald J. Trump just held a national press conference and declared that he is suspending all travel from Europe to the United States starting tomorrow for the next 30 days, but the restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom for some reason. The Trump administration sees the coronavirus as a PR disaster for his administration, in stead of a health crisis and has been trying to downplay the seriousness of the spreading pandemic. The impeached President Trump has also just falsely claimed that the US is better prepared to fight against the coronavirus than any other nation on the planet, and said that this is just a temporary moment in time. The truth is that fewer than 5,000 people have been tested for the corona virus in the US as of March 9, 2010, as reported in Science Magazine.
Reportedly, out of the fewer than 5,000 coronavirus tests that occurred in the US, there are presently over 1,000 coronavirus cases that have been detected in the US, which is up ten-fold in a week.
A John Hopkins map of the coronavirus reveals that there have been a total of 125,865 cases of coronavirus across the planet, with 32 deaths in the United States linked to the virus so far.
Additionally, according to a press release from National Nurses United, “Registered nurses are outraged to learn that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday further weakened its guidance on measures to contain COVID-19. These changes include, among other things, rolling back personal protective equipment (PPE) standards from N-95 respirators to allow simple surgical masks; not requiring suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients to be placed in negative pressure isolation rooms at all times; and weakening protections for health care workers collecting diagnostic respiratory specimens. These are moves that National Nurses United nurses say will gravely endanger nurses, health care workers, patients, and our communities.
To protest the ineffective employer and government response to COVID-19 and demand protections now, nurses will be holding a national day of action on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, said the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) and National Nurses United. Nurses are fighting back collectively by holding rallies, press conferences, and solidarity actions across the country to demand optimal screening and isolation procedures and policies, staffing, PPE, training and education, and more.
“If nurses and health care workers aren’t protected, that means patients and the public are not protected,” said Bonnie Castillo, RN and CNA/NNOC and NNU executive director. “This is a major public health crisis of unknown proportions. Now is not the time to be weakening our standards and protections, or cutting corners. Now is the time we should be stepping up our efforts.”
CNA/NNOC and NNU note that some states, such as California, can maintain a higher standard of infectious disease protections for workers. In California, nurses and health care workers are protected by Cal-OSHA’s aerosol transmissible diseases standard, and Castillo said it is critical that the state hold the line on public health by vigorously enforcing those rules.
In addition to lobbying almost every federal health agency, the presidential administration, and members of Congress, and California health agencies to step up protections, NNU recently surveyed RNs nationwide, finding that the vast majority of the nation's health care facilities are unprepared for COVID-19, with only 29 percent of nurses reporting that their hospitals have a plan in place to isolate a coronavirus patient, and only 30 percent saying their employer has enough personal protective equipment if there is a rapid surge in patients with possible COVID-19 infections.
Many hospitals and healthcare facilities have failed to provide adequate personal protective equipment to nurses working with COVID-19 patients. Some facilities are telling nurses to continue to work while asymptomatic, even though they’ve been exposed to the virus and might be contagious. Testing at hospitals has been sporadic.
“We follow the precautionary principle, which means we shouldn’t wait for harm to occur before we take action to protect people’s health,” said Cathy Kennedy, RN at Kaiser Roseville.
Go to CNA/NNU’s COVID-19 page for our statements and letters to the Centers for Disease Control, Cal/OSHA, and others demanding protections for nurses and patients.”
Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com
List of CNA/NNOC and NNU National Day of Action events, all times are local to the location:
California
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Summit Campus) – 12-12:30 p.m. Rally 350 Hawthorne Ave, Oakland, CA
Contra Costa County Medical Center – 12 noon Rally 2500 Alhambra Ave, Martinez, CA
Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center – 7:30 a.m. Rally and Protest 700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA
Kaiser South Sacramento – 3:30 p.m. Rally and Protest 6600 Bruceville Road, Sacramento, CA
Kaiser Vallejo and Kaiser Vallejo Call Center – 11:30 a.m. Rally and Protest 975 Sereno Drive, Vallejo, CA
Mercy General, Sacramento – 11-11:30 a.m. Press Conference 4000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
St. Rose Hospital – 8-8:30 a.m. Rally 27200 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward, CA
UCSF – 12-12:30 pm Press Conference UCSF Parnassus Main Campus 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA
USC Keck Hospital, Los Angeles – 7:30-8:30 a.m. Rally 1500 San Pablo St. Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Westwood, Los Angeles – 12-1 p.m. Press Conference 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles
Chicago
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Chicago – 8 p.m. Candlelight Vigil 1969 Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL
Georgia
Augusta VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia – 12 noon Press Conference Corner of 15th and Harper Streets, Augusta, GA
National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, with more than 150,000 member nationwide.
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