[MNJohnnie]

It not 28,700 for the last 3 months according to CDC About 10% of hospitalizations require ICU so the actually number of cases requiring per patient costs of the $20,000 is much smaller

Their estimate was inflated in order to manufacture more fear porn.

ed that estimate on the roughly 287,000 hospitalizations among unvaccinated people between June and August. They assumed the cost of their care at $20,000 per person, citing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data and other research....

[blueplum]

ok, I think 10% was last year. From the below link charts, there’s about 93K in hospital as of 9/12 with a rolling average of 80K/wk and about 25K in ICU as of 9/14, peaking Aug 30? so 25%? at least right now. Some hospitalizations are days some are a week some are plural weeks accounting for bed turnover. And then you have to figure out what percentage was vaccinated vs unvaccinated. I’d probably jump on the math during the day but I’m feeling lazy. :)

here’s the charts I’m looking at to make a guess:
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-hospitalizations