Vaccine Mandates Caused a Healthcare Worker Shortage and Now the CDC is Panicking

The hospital staff shortage crisis is a self-inflicted wound. It was avoidable. Policies should have accounted for nat imm, reasonable med exemptions, 1-dose, & been limited to patient-facing staff. The CDC is now panicking. Great article by @KatiePavlich https://t.co/dnnPur0JRJ

— Marty Makary MD, MPH (@MartyMakary) December 27, 2021

Hospitals are overwhelmed by the unprecedented demands on their services and an acute shortage of healthcare workers. One Baltimore hospital is so short-staffed they are allowing staff to work if they are COVID positive. https://t.co/9m9OGi3fFL

— Jaisal Noor (@jaisalnoor) December 29, 2021

In the last few days there's also been a massive jump up to 31.1% of #Indiana hospitals reporting a "critical staffing shortage." Until the last week or so this had never been higher than 20%. [2/2] pic.twitter.com/d1k58gYWSA

— Micah Pollak (@MicahPollak) December 22, 2021