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Covid-19 hospitalization rates are dropping. That’s terrible news [consider the source and date]
Special to The Washington Post ^ | December 7, 2020 | Ashish Jha

Posted on 01/02/2021 9:50:19 AM PST by daniel1212

Every day, states report on how many new hospitalizations they had for covid patients. During September and October, as cases were rising, we could reliably predict how many people would be hospitalized based on the number of new diagnoses. Clinically, we know that after someone is diagnosed, it usually takes a few days before they get sick enough to be hospitalized....

But as we entered November, something began to change. For instance, on Nov. 1, the Covid Tracking Project’s seven-day average showed about 80,000 new cases – which we would predict should lead to about 2,800 new hospitalizations a week later, by Nov. 8. Instead, there were 2,600, a little fewer than expected. On Nov. 15, we had 146,000 new cases, which should have resulted in about 5,100 new hospitalizations by Nov. 22. However, there were fewer than 3,700. This pattern of declining rates of hospitalization continued through the end of November.

What is happening is pretty simple: As hospitals fill up, they are admitting fewer and fewer people...What is happening is that patients who would have been admitted to hospitals earlier in the year are not being admitted now. Indeed, by my best calculation, between a third and half of covid patients who would have been admitted in the beginning of October are now being sent home instead.


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If this was the case then we would not be seeing the rise in hospitalization rates that we see headlined in the weeks since.
1 posted on 01/02/2021 9:50:19 AM PST by daniel1212
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What is happening is pretty simple: As hospitals fill up, they are admitting fewer and fewer people

Remind sme of the old Yogi Berra quote -- "That restaurant? No one goes there any more! It's too crowded."

2 posted on 01/02/2021 9:52:03 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: daniel1212

Their unsustainable bullshiite numbers are starting to collapse. Oh noes! Can’t keep the scamdemic going!!!


3 posted on 01/02/2021 9:52:36 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (This is all a Soros funded communist insurrection! )
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To: daniel1212

See rates peer state: https://covidtracking.com/data/charts/hospitalized-per-million-by-state
https://covidtracking.com/data/charts/us-all-key-metrics


4 posted on 01/02/2021 9:54:00 AM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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They should compare year over year numbers. Every dec, jan.. hospitals fill up, as staff get sick from the annual whatrver. We call it sick season.


5 posted on 01/02/2021 9:54:24 AM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: daniel1212

The entire article needs to be read. The author is NOT a skeptic about the seriousness of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. He is claiming that declining hospitalization is due to hospitals inappropriately turning away sick patients who subsequently are at greater risk.


6 posted on 01/02/2021 9:57:33 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

are you familiar with the great story about that quote ?


7 posted on 01/02/2021 9:57:58 AM PST by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: momincombatboots

Massaging manure (AKA putrid, politicized data) only yields more manure.


8 posted on 01/02/2021 9:58:19 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: daniel1212
Article written by Ashish Jha. Why are so many foreigners writing our news stories? When I see a name like Ashish Jha I immediately suspect an agenda.

9 posted on 01/02/2021 9:58:25 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: stylin19a

I suppose not.


10 posted on 01/02/2021 9:58:37 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Perfect quote for this situation!


11 posted on 01/02/2021 9:59:37 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: daniel1212

well, we are seeing the headlines...but for where?
and who is seeing hospitals filled?

ain’t by me...


12 posted on 01/02/2021 10:03:43 AM PST by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: daniel1212

If they are being sent home... Have they considered that maybe... Just maybe, they didn’t require hospitalization?

Just because you’re sick doesn’t mean you need a hospital bed.


13 posted on 01/02/2021 10:07:05 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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Could it be that more and more people have taken, against medical advice, vitamins and other supplements like zinc to ward off C-19? They might actually be infected, but very little comes from the infection because said "they" took steps to limit the bad effects, and to shorten the response time to clearing said infection.

What would have happened if the medical "profession" would have stopped playing politics and started pushing the science, ALL science?

14 posted on 01/02/2021 10:17:13 AM PST by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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Just maybe, they didn’t require hospitalization?

Right. The author doesn't even consider that in 10 months we might have developed somewhat more effective early-stage outpatient treatment protocols. He's got his narrative and is going to push it no matter what.

15 posted on 01/02/2021 10:19:45 AM PST by SFConservative
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To: BlueStateRightist

And he doesn’t know that or have proof of that. It is his assumption I on the other hand believe that those testing positive IF they actually gave it are not as severely ill


16 posted on 01/02/2021 10:20:21 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the cloudso)
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To: jerod

“Just because you’re sick doesn’t mean you need a hospital bed.”

No mention of all the various treatments available to mitigate the symptoms and speed the healing process. In other words just more bullsh*t to further spread fear and take attention away from the massive election fraud.


17 posted on 01/02/2021 10:22:28 AM PST by billyboy15 (')
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To: Nifster

“And he doesn’t know that or have proof of that. It is his assumption I on the other hand believe that those testing positive IF they actually have it are not as severely ill.”

I tend to agree with you. People interpret unexplained phenomena in a manner that comports with their inherent belief system. His requires that COVID-19 is a very serious, often deadly disease, and declining hospitalizations must be due to either nefarious or inappropriate behaviors on the part of healthcare workers who triage patients. He cannot entertain the concept that those being turned away from hospital admission have mild to moderate cases that can be managed at home.


18 posted on 01/02/2021 10:28:48 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: daniel1212

Its not just humans that are under attack. There is some kind of strange epidemic affecting evergreen trees ranging from about four to eight feet tall. Millions of these trees have been discovered in front of American homes just laying near the curb turning brown with their needle turning falling off. The disease appears to weaken the base of the trees resulting in a clean break of almost laser like precision causing UFO enthusiasts to suggest an alien connection. Most of the trees have some type of blight on their branches consisting of a white snow like substance, strange silvery strands, and other strange objects. Some have reported seeing one such tree with a growth at the topmost branch that has been liken to that of an Angel, stirring up the well known televangelist Benny Hinn to warn that it is a sign that everyone finding a tree in their yard must send a sizable donation in order to remove the curse.


19 posted on 01/02/2021 10:29:57 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
now that you mention it......Have you ever seen any article ever written by a “John Smith”......
20 posted on 01/02/2021 10:35:14 AM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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