Posted on 06/30/2020 4:59:04 PM PDT by ransomnote
Health officials in Texas are logging every single COVID-19-positive hospital patient in the state as a COVID-19 hospitalization, even if the patients themselves are admitted seeking treatment for something other than the coronavirus.
That policy may be serving to artificially inflate what ostensibly seems like a significant COVID-19 surge in the state. Texas has lately been the focal point of national anxiety over concerns that a "second wave" of the coronavirus has begun there after the state began reopening nearly two months ago.
COVID-19 hospitalizations there have been on a steady upward track for about the last two weeks, per the state's coronavirus dashboard, which on Thursday recorded about 4,400 coronavirus hospitalizations in the state. But at least part of that trend may be due to liberal coding policies by state officials.
Lindsey Rosales, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, confirmed to Just the News this week that the state is categorizing every inpatient in the state with a positive COVID-19 test as a COVID-19 hospitalization.
"The number of hospitalized patients includes patients with a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 even if the person is admitted to the hospital for a different reason," Rosales said.
Asked if inpatients in the state are tested for COVID-19 whenever they arrive for treatment, Rosales said, "Hospitals set their own protocols for determining when and if to test patients for COVID-19."
She said the state does not keep track of the patients hospitalized with the coronavirus versus those hospitalized specifically because of it.
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I disagree. They aren’t going to let up until there is no opposition.
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Yep. There would be no point continuing the hoax after that.
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I am reasonably sure that Covid-19 hospitalizations are being over-reported nation wide.
All I care about are deaths. If deaths are not soaring, there is nothing to worry about. I realize at-risk elderly and people with certain health conditions are at risk of dying, but people under 50 are at very little risk of dying from Covid-19. Wh gives a rat’s ass if numbers go up or if fake numbers go up? Ignore it. If deaths aren’t dying, don’t worry about it.
We need to open up everything and take our hit. Most people will protect themselves as they feel the need to. If you want to live in a protective bubble, you can. The rest of us want to open up,
So what if you go into a hospital for.a broken leg and they find you have Covid 19 but you are asymptomatic and don’t need hospitalization for anything BUT the broken leg.
That is what they are doing. They are intentionally inflating the numbers for political reasons.
You are the one being stupid, and naive.
And I don’t have to send you a Freepmail to tell you this.
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