BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Local hospitalizations for COVID-19 are the highest they’ve been during the entire pandemic.
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sudhakar Karlapudi says they’re currently caring for 31 patients, and none of them have been vaccinated.
He says vaccines have made COVID-19 a completely preventable illness.
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital hasn’t admitted a single vaccinated person for treatment for COVID-19.
And Dr. Karlapudi says they’re seeing younger patients.
He stresses that the vaccines are some of the safest ever developed and he urges everyone who can to get the shot.