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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

As we begin the next phase of this pandemic the data points change. Why do you think that data  was not reported that way before now? The CDC analyzes that hospital data and communicates it to the public typically. They get that data differently now.  States could report some of the real time diagnosis data. 

 

According to everything that I'm reading about hospitalizations in Colorado, many of the hospitals are being slammed with patients.  I don't think they are suffering this crowding because of broken ankles or asymptomatic Covid patients.

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13 minutes ago, subee said:

According to everything that I'm reading about hospitalizations in Colorado, many of the hospitals are being slammed with patients.  I don't think they are suffering this crowding because of broken ankles or asymptomatic Covid patients.

Obviously.   But still it would be good to know the numbers. 

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37 minutes ago, Beerman said:
6 hours ago, subee said:

Of course, no one with mild Covid is being hospitalized.

Yes, some do.  For example, someone admitted with an appendicitis gets tested and happens to be positive.  They may not have even suspected they had it.  Or, they may have had it in the last three months.

Not the same, the patient admitted with appendicitis,  and found to be COVID positive is not a patient admitted for COVID.  This is one of those patients with an incidental finding of COVID that you have referred to in several posts.

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11 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Obviously.   But still it would be good to know the numbers. 

I think I'm the only one that gets this or is interested.  

Places like Colorado and the mid-west are getting slammed by delta, but here in Florida we've been through delta so I would be curious.  Guess we'll never know.

 

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2 minutes ago, chare said:

Not the same, the patient admitted with appendicitis,  and found to be COVID positive is not a patient admitted for COVID.  This is one of those patients with an incidental finding of COVID that you have referred to in several posts.

Are you saying the incidental findings aren't included in "hospitalized covid patients".  How do you know that?

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7 minutes ago, chare said:

Not the same, the patient admitted with appendicitis,  and found to be COVID positive is not a patient admitted for COVID.  This is one of those patients with an incidental finding of COVID that you have referred to in several posts.

No one is saying "it's the same".  But my hospital, for example, is reporting to us via email "there are 300 covid positive patients in the hospital system today".  It doesn't say "200 people with covid and 100 with other medical issues who tested positive when screened but are admitted for other issues".  I don't see any CDC or any other reports that are reporting it this way.  

It was just us wondering how many hospitalized patients fall into either category but it's blown up to us having to explain it over and over again.  LOL

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6 minutes ago, Tweety said:

I think I'm the only one that gets this or is interested.  

Places like Colorado and the mid-west are getting slammed by delta, but here in Florida we've been through delta so I would be curious.  Guess we'll never know.

 

I know.  I don't get why.  This has been a big question of mine since the beginning.   

I work in a big peds hospital.  We tested (and still do) all admits.  Some were positive, but very few sick from it.  I knew of course more adults were sick from it, but still wondered how many "incidental findings" are there? 

That seems like important info.  

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20 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Are you saying the incidental findings aren't included in "hospitalized covid patients".  How do you know that?

Not at all.  What I'm saying is that you are the one that has been suggesting that many COVID admissions are actually admissions for other issues, and COVID is an incidental finding.  Then, when another member stated that patients with mild COVID aren't being admitted you used an example of a patient admitted for another complaint with an incidental finding of COVID.

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Record numbers testing positive for a sore throat isn’t a crisis

And people in the hospital for car accidents testing positive isn’t a surge. 

The real crisis is the irrational hysteria which has people with no symptoms waiting hours for a test or missing work for 10 days

The above was Tweeted by Marco Rubio on the 31st.

No, having a sore throat and having covid isn't a "crisis".  

The people in the hospital for the car accidents testing positive are indeed part of a surge in covid cases so not sure I agree with this sentiment except to say like we're discussing above it would be good to know how many are sick and how many are in for a car accident.  But it's interesting that conservatives slammed Fauci for saying something similar.

I agree that people without symptoms shouldn't be standing in line for hours out of irrational hysteria or really for any reason unless they have had a known exposure and they don't want to have it and not know so they won't infect someone else.  He doesn't seem to give the public much credit for behaving in a rational way and most people waiting in line all those hours have a good reason to.

The CDC caved to pressure and reduced the number of days to return to work for covid positive people.  Sounds like he's on board with that.

I really don't like how Florida politicians are handling this.  He could be reassuring that we're going to get through this surge and acknowledge it as a surge, but a less harmful one than delta, encourage asymptomatic people from getting tested but encourage continued testing, treatment and prevention.  

DeSantis could be doing the same thing but instead on his last public appearance it was all about Florida being the most free state in the country   that allows people to worship the lord freely.   I don't mind him wanting to protect our freedoms to gather and not be vaccinated, but his approach needs some work.  Also, as quick as he was to vaccinate nursing home residents, and he gets props for that, he's dropped the ball on getting them the booster.   

 

 

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14 minutes ago, chare said:

Not at all.  What I'm saying is that you are the one that has been suggesting that many COVID admissions are actually admissions for other issues, and COVID is an incidental finding.  Then, when another member stated that patients with mild COVID aren't being admitted you used an example of a patient admitted for another complaint with an incidental finding of COVID.

That is not at all what I was suggesting.  

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1 hour ago, Beerman said:

That is not at all what I was suggesting.  

I give up.  How about you?  LOL

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14 minutes ago, Tweety said:

I give up.  How about you?  LOL

Haha...yes.  I started to give it one more try, in a different way.   But thought better of it.

Still might, when I'm in a different mood.  LOL 

 

 

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