These are not "lefties." This is just selected portions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General report.

1Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of Inspector GeneralChristi A. GrimmPrincipal Deputy Inspector Gen



Key TakeawayHospitals reported that their most significant challenges centered on testing and caring for patients with known or suspected COVID-19 and keeping staff safe. Hospitals also reported substantial challenges maintaining or expanding their facilities’ capacity to treat patients with COVID-19. Hospitals described specific challenges, mitigation strategies, and needs for assistance related to personal protective equipment (PPE), testing, staffing, supplies and durable equipment;maintaining or expanding facility capacity; and financial concerns


Findings at a Glance: Hospital ChallengesSevere Shortages of Testing Supplies and Extended Waits for ResultsHospitals reported that severe shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for test results limited hospitals’ability to monitor the health of patients and staff. Hospitals reported that they were unable to keep up with COVID-19 testing demands because they lacked complete kits and/or the individual components and supplies needed to complete tests. Additionally, hospitals reported frequently waiting 7days or longer for test results. When patient stays were extended while awaiting test results, this strained bed availability, personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies, and staffing.Widespread Shortages of PPE Hospitals reported that widespread shortages of PPEput staff and patients at risk. Hospitals reported that heavier use of PPE than normal was contributing to the shortage and that the lack of a robust supply chain was delaying or preventing them from restocking PPE needed to protect staff. Hospitals also expressed uncertainty about availability of PPE from Federal and State sources and noted sharp increases in prices for PPE from some vendors.Difficulty Maintaining Adequate Staffing and Supporting StaffHospitals reported that they were not always able to maintain adequate staffing levels or offer staff adequate support. Hospitals reported a shortage of specialized providers needed to meet the anticipated patient surge and raised concerns that staff exposure to the virus may exacerbate staffing shortages and overwork. Hospital administrators also expressed concern that fear and uncertainty were taking an emotional toll on staff, both professionally and personally.Difficulty Maintaining and Expanding Hospital Capacity to Treat PatientsCapacity concerns emerged as hospitals anticipated being overwhelmed if they experienced a surge of patients, who may require special beds and rooms to treat and contain infection. Many hospitals reported that post-acute-care facilities were requiring negative COVID-19 tests before accepting patients discharged from hospitals, meaning that some patients who no longer required acute care were taking up valuable bed space while waiting to be discharged.Shortages of Critical Supplies, Materials, and Logistic SupportHospitals reported that shortages of critical supplies, materials, and logistic support that accompany more beds affected hospitals’ ability to care for patients. Hospitals reported needing items that support a patient room, such as intravenous therapy (IV) poles, medical gas, linens, toilet paper, and food. Others reported shortages of no-touch infrared thermometers, disinfectants, and cleaning supplies. Isolated and smaller hospitals faced special challeng

Findings at a Glance: Hospital Challenges (continued)Anticipated Shortages of VentilatorsAnticipated shortages of ventilators were identified as a big challenge for hospitals. Hospitals reported an uncertain supply of standard, full-feature ventilators and in some cases used alternatives to support patients, including adapting anesthesia machines and using single-use emergency transport ventilators. Hospitals anticipated that ventilator shortages would pose difficult decisions about ethical allocation and liability, although at the time of our survey no hospital reported limiting ventilator use.Increased Costs and Decreased RevenueHospitals described increasing costs and decreasing revenues as a threat to their financial viability. Hospitals reported that ceasing elective procedures and other services decreased revenues at the same time that their costs have increased as they prepare for a potential surge of patients. Many hospitals reported that their cash reserves were quickly depleting, which could disrupt ongoing hospital operations.Changing and Sometimes Inconsistent GuidanceHospitals reported that changing and sometimes inconsistent guidancefrom Federal, State, and local authorities posed challenges and confused hospitals and the public. Hospitals reported that it was sometimes difficult to remain current with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance and that they received conflicting guidance from different government and medical authorities, including criteria for testing, determining which elective procedures to delay, use of PPE, and getting supplies from the national stockpile. Hospitals also reported concerns that public misinformation has increased hospital workloads (e.g., patients showing up u

Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic:Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23-27, 2020OEI-06-20-003001FINDINGSHospitals reported that their most significant challenges centered on testing and caring forpatients with COVID-19 and keeping staff safe Hospitals across the country reported facing similar challenges,regardless of which stage of the process they werein—treatingpatients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), testing patientswho were potentially infected, or preparing to treat COVID-19 patients in the near future. The most commonly reported challenges centered on hospitals’effortsto confirm cases of COVID-19,to keep health care staff safe, and to provide needed services to patients requiring hospital care for a wide array of medical reasons, including COVID-19. Challengesincluded difficulties related to testing, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and staffing, including specialized staffing.Hospitals reported that severe shortages of testing suppliesand extended waits for test resultslimited hospitals’ ability to monitor the health of patients and staffHospitals explained thatthey were unable to keep up with testing demands because they lackedcomplete kits and/or the individual components and supplies needed to complete tests,such as nasal swabs, viral transfer media, and reagents used to detect the virus.These shortages lefthospitals unable to effectively test staff, patients, and others in the community who reported that they were concerned about possible exposure. One hospital administrator saidthat across the industry,“millions [of tests]are needed,and we only have hundreds." Without access to needed testing materials, some hospitals described dividing the media in COVID-19 kits in half to double their capacity and resorting to using the transfer media in flu and strep kits to provide testing.Hospitals described extended waits for COVID-19 test results.Hospitals reported frequently waiting 7days or longer for test results. According to one hospital, 24 hours would typically be considered a long turnaround time for virus testing. Hospitals’ reliance on external laboratories contributed to delays, particularly as these laboratories became overwhelmed with tests to process from around the State or country. Hospitals also reported delays related to infrequent specimen pickups, mailing delays, and labs’ restrictive business hours. Some hospitals described success getting results more quickly by using commercial labs, whereas others received more timely results from public sources. Still others experiencedinconsistent turnaround times, leaving them unable to predict when results would arriveor advise patients on how long they should self-quarantine or undertake other measures while awaiting results. Testing challenges exacerbated other challenges, includingbed availability, PPEsupplies, and staffingshortages.Hospitals reported that to prevent the spreadof the virus in the hospital and community,they were treating symptomatic patients as presumptive positive cases of COVID-19(i.e., an individual with symptoms that strongly indicateCOVID-19 and tests hav


https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-20-00300.pdf

 

Are you crazy...I would accept your synopsis...I'm not readin all of that ....and the color is wrong, its blurry against the blue, althongh it could be me

 

Like I have said before,what if he had the mess that Obama had to deal with. Could Trump have fixed that mess?

 

Trump had it worse than Obama.
Trump had to fix all of the fuckups Obama did.

 

Nonsense all the indicators were upwards!

All he has done is put his nose in the trough and fire anyone capable and replace them with sycophants!

Dr. Fauci will be next!

Thinskin

 

Trump inherited an economy that had been growing since President Obama's first year in office. Obama inherited the Great Recession from George the Lesser.

 

What did Obama do to the economy that was so terrible?

 

Democrats do not know of all of the regulations Obama thought up to hurt the U.S.
They should watch some news that tell the truth. They would be surprised how much Trump has done.
Too bad they will never know how much Obama did to the U.S.
Hell, they do not even know what all Obama did that Trump cancelled.

 

Too busy making up shit about President Trump to even care.

 

We know you are!

It is all you do shitter and it's tiresome because you do not even attempt to find common ground because you are a dismissive bigot!

Thinskin

 

Thinskin personal attack dismissed.
Thinskin dismissed.

 

https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

Barack Obama: Added $8.588 trillion, a 74% increase from the $11.657 trillion debt at the end of Bush’s last budget, FY 2009.

• FY 2017 - $671 billion
• FY 2016 - $1.423 trillion
• FY 2015 - $327 billion
• FY 2014 - $1.086 trillion
• FY 2013 - $672 billion
• FY 2012 - $1.276 trillion
• FY 2011 - $1.229 trillion
• FY 2010 - $1.652 trillion
• FY 2009 - $253 billion. Congress passed the Economic Stimulus Act, which spent $253 billion in FY 2009.9
• This rare occurrence should be added to President Obama's contribution to the debt

But, but, but this and that and the other thing, something happened, something didnt, and the price of tea in China went up!

 

The time to cut taxes is during a recession. The time to pay down the national debt is when the economy is doing well, but Trump cut taxes anyway.

 

You asked...

...and I responded.

This is irrelevant to your question

That qualifies as a But, But, But

 

So then, capitalism is to blame!

 

What about the deficits under Trump? Republicans only complain about deficit spending when Democrat is president. Until Ronald Reagan convinced Republicans that it is always a good idea to cut taxes and never a good idea to raise them the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product had declined significantly and steadily since the end of World War II. It declined during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. During this time the top tax rate never declined below 70% and was often much higher.

I have documented my factual assertions many times before. I tire of trying to push facts into the closed and narrow minds of fools who can only understand simple cliches they want to believe.

 

How simple do I have to say it...

you asked a question, ...What did Obama do to the economy that was so terrible?

I answered it....Barack Obama: Added $8.588 trillion, a 74% increase from the $11.657 trillion debt at the end of Bush’s last budget, FY 2009.

What else needs to be said...on a school test, when a simple question is asked, do you go off and write an essay.
I answered your question with quote and link, accept it and move on, not everything has to be responded to with diversion ​

 

If you tire ...shut up about it, nobody's asking for a lesson

 

Barry O was handed the Global Financial Crisis....
donnie was given a booming market yet he's still managed to add almost 4 TRILLION to the debt.

How is he going to fulfil his election promise of eliminating the debt?......bankrupt the country perhaps., and join Venezuela in shit street.

 

Those who are not asking for a lesson badly need one. They believe silly cliches, rather than the truths I document.