{"id":2241,"date":"2023-01-17T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2023-01-17T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T02:30:21","slug":"the-doctor-wont-see-you-now-covid-winters-are-making-long-hospital-waits-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/01\/17\/the-doctor-wont-see-you-now-covid-winters-are-making-long-hospital-waits-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"The doctor won\u2019t see you now: Covid winters are making long hospital waits the new normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2023\/01\/12\/covid-winter-surge\/\">Washington Post<\/a>)  As the United States enters its<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2022\/09\/03\/fall-covid-surge-booster-2022\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0third full covid winter<\/a>, a top administration official is warning that the permanence of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/coronavirus\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0in the disease landscape could mean brutal and long-lasting seasonal surges of cold-weather illnesses for years to come, resulting in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2022\/12\/22\/mask-mandate-covid-tripledemic\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\">hospitals struggling<\/a>\u00a0to care for non-covid emergencies and unable to give patients timely, lifesaving treatments. Winter has traditionally been crunchtime for hospitals because of influenza and another seasonal pathogen, respiratory syncytial virus, or\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2022\/10\/21\/rsv-children-hospital-capacity\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4\" target=\"_blank\">RSV<\/a>. Now SARS-CoV-2 has joined them to form an unholy trinity of pathogens that surge in the cold months.<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"ee oX h Q  YZX  k bTGkX  ne lZ\">ee oX h Q  YZX  k bTGkX  ne lZ<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington Post) As the United States enters its\u00a0third full covid winter, a top administration official is warning that the permanence of the\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0in the disease landscape could mean brutal and long-lasting seasonal surges of cold-weather illnesses for years to come, resulting in\u00a0hospitals struggling\u00a0to care for non-covid emergencies and unable to give patients timely, lifesaving treatments. 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