Throughout this pandemic, I have known people who have known people who have known or had in their families nurses.
What I am going to say is anecdotal, but maybe it comports with some people’s experiences.
Anyway, these people were admitted to the hospital with Covid, supposedly, for a short period of time. The ones who were nurses did not understand why given their “stats.”
A couple were put in ICU for a 12-hour observation. Again, the nurses did not understand why given their “stats.”
Probably because the hospitals stood to falsely gain 12,000 dollars for every covid patient they admitted. I think it was an extra 30 grand if they hooked up a ventilator.
I think there’s a lot of inflation in hospital Covid admissions. Most of them are probably unnecessary, but it pushes up the numbers. Hospitals actually want more Covid because it keeps the money flowing.
The stats are, how much was the hospital making per patient ICU or bed use? hospitals are corporations trying to make money.
A Christian (from Cape Verde) cancer survivor neighbor of mine was in the hospital for about 3 weeks and the docs repeatably told her she must have Covid, but every one of the 16 tests came back negative. Turns out her problem was inflammation due to past chemo.