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“It is a risk, but it’s a really really small risk,” said Hennepin Healthcare cardiologist Dr. Brad Bart.

“There was one day, it was about eight or nine days ago, where we had in one shift about six or seven people with broken bones,” said Dr. Doug Brunette of Hennepin Healthcare.

“It makes everything more difficult when there’s an explosion involved in a fire,” said Dr. Jon Gayken with the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center.  Hennepin Healthcare is hosting the Midwest Burn Conference this week to share information about complex cases like Zdenek’s.

Dr. Gayken says cases like this can often involve injuries beyond the skin.

“Any time there is an explosion, you can have injury to your lungs and internal organs which goes with normal trauma,” he said.

Hennepin Healthcare’s Nekka Sederstrom said the state’s recent vaccine allocation decision will leave it playing “catch-up.”

“Equity is not something to do just when things are convenient,” she said. “The normal response is to put it on the shelf for a better date and when you do that you are just continuing to perpetuate the inequities.”