KILLED IN MILWAUKEE WHAT THE POLICE SAY TODAY. FIRST OF OUR BIG STORY AT 6:00 AM, THE JOCKEYING FOR VACCINES AND THE FIRST GROUP THAT KNOWN IT AS 1A. HEALTH NURSES REACH 12 NEWS after watching paramedic give vaccine. They say they feel forgotten. >> CORRECT, THESE ARE NURSES WHO GO INTO PEOPLE’S APARTMENTS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND THE DISABLED. THEY SAY THEY DO THIS WITHOUT A VACCINE. WISCONSIN STATE SAID THAT WEEK THAT THEY HAVE MANAGED OVER 100,000 VACCINES, MOST HOSPITAL WORKERS. As you have said over the past few days, EMS workers are getting more and more their shots, but many nurses who are not affiliated with large medical groups like the dozen or so doing home health care are still waiting. We only spoke to the office manager who reached out to the MILWAUKEE health department who referred them to the healthy MILWAUKEE.COM but there is still no word on when they could be vaccinated. >> THIS WEEK I HEARD THAT, AMONG OTHERS – SOME OTHER LARGE OR AGENCIES VACCINE EMPLOYEES AND I WONDER WHY WE CALL? I emailed them, didn’t hear anything. I’m just concerned about the nurses out there. >> THE PEOPLES TELL YOU THAT YOUR AFFAIR IS AT HOME TWICE AS NURSING DISEASES. >> WRIGHT, of course the nurses themselves don’t want to get sick when they are out in these tight situations, but the other part of it is they go into people’s homes, people who are already getting sick and with whom they are struggling have, too. They hope it won’t be long
Nurses at home await the COVID-19 vaccine
Nurses trying to protect themselves, patients
Updated: 6:55 p.m. CST January 9, 2021
As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continues, home healthcare nurses turn to WISN 12 News after seeing hospital staff and now paramedics receive vaccines. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in Wisconsin These nurses go into people’s homes every day caring for the sick and the disabled. Yet they still do it without a vaccine. The Wisconsin Department of Health announced this week that it has exceeded 100,000 vaccine doses that are now being given, most of them to hospital workers. In the past few days, more and more EMS workers have been getting their admissions, but many non-medical nurses, such as a dozen who work for Laabs Home Health Care, are still waiting. WISN 12 news reporter Nick Bohr spoke to the office manager there, who said she reached out to the Milwaukee Health Department, which referred her to HealthyMilwaukee.com, but there is still no word on when they could be vaccinated . “This week I’ve heard that some major agencies have vaccinated their employees and I’m wondering,” Hey, we’re 1A. Why don’t we get calls? “So I emailed you. I didn’t hear anything. I sent you another email, I didn’t hear anything. So I’m just worried about the nurses who are out there I don’t want you to get sick. “Jan Tetzlaff said. The nurses try to protect themselves by going into other people’s homes, but because of this, they worry about exposing their patients, many of whom are already very vulnerable. Sign up for coronavirus email notifications from WISN. Receive notifications of breaking news with the WISN 12 app. Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube
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As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continues, home healthcare nurses turn to WISN 12 News after seeing hospital staff and now paramedics receive vaccines.
Continuing coverage: Coronavirus in Wisconsin
These are nurses who go into people’s homes every day to look after the sick and the disabled.
Even so, they still do it without a vaccine.
The Wisconsin Department of Health announced this week that it has exceeded 100,000 vaccine doses that are now being given, most of them to hospital workers.
In the past few days, more and more EMS workers have been getting their admissions, but many non-medical nurses, such as a dozen who work for Laabs Home Health Care, are still waiting.
WISN 12 news reporter Nick Bohr spoke to the office manager there, who said she reached out to the Milwaukee Health Department, which referred her HealthyMilwaukee.com, but there is still no word on when they could be vaccinated.
“This week I’ve heard that some major agencies have vaccinated their employees and I’m like, ‘Hey, we’re 1A. Why aren’t we getting calls?’ So I emailed them. I didn’t hear anything. I sent them another email, I didn’t hear anything. So I’m just worried about the nurses that are out there. I don’t want that they get sick. “Jan Tetzlaff said.
The nurses try to protect themselves by going into other people’s homes, but because of this, they worry about exposing their patients, many of whom are already very vulnerable.
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