So, how many ARE actually hospitalized? Polls showed people believe (based on media hype, Dr. Doom, general gloom) that the number is 30-50% I tried this out on my own folks - dad said 50% (he watches FOX & NewsMax) & mom said 30$ - right in line with the polls.
The actual numbers: 1-5%.
That would be 30%, not 30$
Link for comment 37:
Americans Are Wildly Misinformed about the Risk of Hospitalization from COVID-19, Survey Shows. Here’s Why
https://fee.org/articles/americans-are-wildly-misinformed-about-the-risk-of-hospitalization-from-covid-19-survey-shows-here-s-why
A recent survey found that more than one-third of Americans overestimate by as much as a factor of ten the probability a person with COVID-19 will require hospitalization.
Researchers involved in the Franklin Templeton/Gallup study asked Americans in December what “percentage of people who have been infected by the coronavirus needed to be hospitalized.” The correct answer is not precisely known, the authors note, but the best available estimates place the figure between 1 and 5 percent.
Many people’s perceptions of the data, however, were completely off.
“Less than one in five U.S. adults (18%) give a correct answer of between 1 and 5%,” the study authors said. “Many adults (35%) say that at least half of infected people need hospitalization. If that were true, the millions of resulting patients would have overwhelmed hospitals throughout the pandemic.”
The authors of the study say the conclusion is clear.
“The U.S. public is also deeply misinformed about the severity of the virus for the average infected person,” the study’s authors stated.
~60% of Americans think the chances somebody with Covid must be hospitalized are ~10x higher than they actually are
Survey by Gallup and Franklin Templeton pic.twitter.com/RgyxiJmcfD
— Eli Klein (@TheEliKlein) March 20, 2021
See link for more info (pretty long to post).