Senior Executive at Texas ER Chain Reveals Real Reason For Spike in Coronavirus Cases

Gateway Pundit ^ | 06/30/2020 | Cristina Laila

[SeekAndFind]

The Democrat-media complex has been hammering Texas for its recent spike in Coronavirus cases, blaming Republican Governor Abbott for reopening too early.

Radical Marxist Harris County judge Lina Hidalgo slammed Abbott during a presser on Friday and said, “The harsh truth is that our current infection rate is on pace to overwhelm our hospitals in the very near future. We opened too quickly.”

But what’s really going on in Texas?

A senior executive at a Texas ER chain contacted former NY Times reporter Alex Berenson and revealed the real reason for the spike in Coronavirus ‘cases.’

JB Neiman, a Managing Partner and General Counsel of a Texas-based company that owns 13 free-standing clinics in the state of Texas said he ‘wants people to hear his story as opposed to the mainstream media.’

Neiman explained that in June, his clinics tested over 2,231 patients and saw a COVID-19 positive test rate close to 20% (was 4-6% positive in May).

What are the COVID-19 positive patients experiencing?

Here’s the breakdown:

• The executive pointed out that the “vast majority of the cases are mild to very mild symptoms.”
• More testing kits means they are able to test a broader group of patients.
• Clinically, they’ve had “very few hospital transfers because of COVID.”
• Vast majority of patients are better within 2-3 days and would be described as “having a cold (a mild one at that) or symptoms related to allergies.
• Most patients are given a steroid shot and antibiotics and by the time they have follow-up calls, the patients are no longer experiencing any symptoms.

What is driving people to the ER?

The executive breaks that down:

• Roughly half have been told by their employer to get a test — if they have a sneeze or a cough, their employer tells them to go home and get tested.
• The other half just want to know if they have COVID (some have mild symptoms and some have no symptoms).

What else is going on in the ICU?

Here’s the breakdown:

• The hospital ICUs are filled with really sick people with NON-COVID issues. They didn’t come in earlier because they were scared and now they are SUPER SICK.
• From multiple sources at different hospitals: They have plenty of capacity and no shortage of acute care beds.
• All patients are tested for COVID: “You have some percentage of patients listed as COVID patients who are non COVID symptomatic and that the hospitalization rate is somewhat driven by hospitals taking in their normal patients with other medical issues.”

Discharge planners are being pressured to put COVID as primary diagnosis because it pays significantly better, according to JB Neiman.

JB Neiman concluded: “What we are seeing at our facilities is more of a positive story…You have more people who are testing positive with minimal symptoms. This means the fatality rate is less that commonly reported.”

Wondering what’s really happening in Texas? Here’s the email, from a senior executive at a Texas ER chain that sees thousands of patients a month. He went on the record – a brave move. I’m going to let him speak for himself. (Two tweets of screenshots. Worth reading to the end.) pic.twitter.com/4xuBdTIFIc

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) June 30, 2020

The media completely ignores the fact that Coronavirus deaths have dropped significantly which is why they are concentrating on the new ‘cases.’

Sunday coronavirus positivity: deaths hit a new low, down to 273. Lowest coronavirus deaths since March 25th per linked data, down nearly 10% from last Sunday. https://t.co/Mb4uw9QkyR

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 28, 2020

As this ER executive clearly explained, the vast majority of new Coronavirus cases are mild to very mild symptoms (or asymptomatic).

[SeekAndFind]

[griswold3]

Thank you. And thanks to Alex

[JudyinCanada]

I suspect Tucker may have Berenson back on his show tonight or tomorrow to report on this.

[Sequoyah101]

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

I had something the second week of June, chills and low grade fever for about 5 days and no energy. Felt like one does when he has walking pneumonia. Sit around, think you feel good, get up and then sit back down after a few steps.

We only go to town for shopping every two weeks or so and guess what. I developed my problem two weeks after we went to town.

Gone now.

[LouieFisk]

“Emergency Room Chain”?

McGunshot Wound Treatment?

[Zhang Fei]

[I had something the second week of June, chills and low grade fever for about 5 days and no energy. Felt like one does when he has walking pneumonia. Sit around, think you feel good, get up and then sit back down after a few steps.

We only go to town for shopping every two weeks or so and guess what. I developed my problem two weeks after we went to town.

Gone now.]

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You should consider getting tested. Insurance covers it, and to the extent having already been infected provides immunity, it will give your loved ones some peace of mind.

[Balding_Eagle]

NYT headline “Positive test rate close to 20%”

[LouieFisk]

“I suspect Tucker may have Berenson back on his show tonight or tomorrow to report on this.”
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I’m not having much luck finding much of anything about “J.B. Neiman”. Maybe Berenson got pranked - anybody else come up with any info?

[WildHighlander57]

Thanks!

Saved and sent on, including the 5th screen grab.

[ETCM]

There is pretty much ZERO chance that a Managing Partner and (in house) General Counsel of a company that is making money hand over fist from these patients wrote this e-mail.

[Black Agnes]

If you did have it you could donate plasma. The need that now.

[LouieFisk]

“There is pretty much ZERO chance that a Managing Partner and (in house) General Counsel of a company that is making money hand over fist from these patients wrote this e-mail.”
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At least I got a giggle out of it if nothing else, enjoyed the “ER chain” part.

[crusty old prospector]

Could be legit. Out of Wichita Falls.

https://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/Wichita-Falls/bn-operating-company-llc/36692005.aspx

[crusty old prospector]

There are several 24 hour emergency room chains in Texas. An alternative to sitting in a waiting room for hours. Unfortunately, insurance won’t pick up the tab.

[LouieFisk]

What I came up from your link is kinda murky. The guy seems to be a lawyer, though, for a medical services company.
https://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/San-Antonio/john-braxton-neiman/113096368.aspx

[LouieFisk]

“There are several 24 hour emergency room chains in Texas. An alternative to sitting in a waiting room for hours. Unfortunately, insurance won’t pick up the tab.”
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Don’t think there are as many in my neck of the woods. Plenty of hospitals though that can handle emergencies/urgent care, though.

[crusty old prospector]

There is a long list of medical sounding companies at the bottom but you can’t look at any of the other eight pages without forking over some dough.

[LouieFisk]

“There is a long list of medical sounding companies at the bottom but you can’t look at any of the other eight pages without forking over some dough.”
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My general sense is that it’s a mess of holding companies, incorporated who-knows-where to limit both taxes and civil liability. By the time a person finds out who owns what, all parties to a prospective civil suit would be long dead!

[Ciexyz]

Thank you!

[Engedi]

Yep had that early March but I had a bad headache for about 5 days, felt like an elephant was on my chest and spiked a temp about 99 for few days. Woke up one morning, every symptom gone.