Joplin Globe report: Number of COVID-19 patients at Mercy at all-time high

The number of COVID-19 patients at Mercy Hospital is at an all-time high, Mercy President Jeremy Drinkwitz told the Joplin Globe.

Eighty-one COVID patients have been admitted, with 94 percent of them unvaccinated, Drinkwitz said, adding that the fear of the vaccine is "irrational."

Twenty-three of the patients are on ventilators. The number of COVID patients is so high that nine whose condition is less serious have been transferred to Mercy in Carthage.

(Note: The article was in the e-edition, but I was unable to find a link on the Globe website.)