6 states account for more than half of the country’s recent Covid hospitalizations

nbcnews ^ | 12/07/2021 | Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Joe Murphy and Monica Hersher

[ChicagoConservative27]

Covid-19 hospitalizations are once again rising in the United States.

Among the 30-plus states that have seen increases in Covid-19 hospitalizations over the last two weeks, six stand out.

Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois have accounted for the majority of the country’s increase in hospital beds filled, according to an NBC News analysis of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data.

[Dave911]

But, but, that’s not possible, Illinois has a mask mandate!

[setter]

I am in one of those states. 3 of my wifes employees tested pos with covid last week. Non are vaccinated.

I have numerous friends struggling with covid right now in the hospital.

[BeauBo]

It could well just be the Delta variant having its run.

Delta tore though Southern States like Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana in the late Summer, and seemed to roll Northward, and into the Mountain Time Zone States (like Colorado, Utah and New Mexico) later in the Fall.

Delta will likely burn down there in a couple of months, similar to how it went elsewhere. The more the locals are spread out and locked down, the slower the process.

Let it rip. Everyone has been offered vaccines, and we have good treatments.

[monkeyshine]

We are running at about 1700 deaths a day right now, nationally. Same time a year ago, before vaccines, it was a bit higher (roughly 2200 or so) but 1700 is not a dramatic decline. It could be related to better treatment, rather than vaccine efficacy.

[BatGuano]

Interesting, that the six states are Northern border states.
Could it be that these states are now in their cold season and these “Covid Hospitalizations” are really because of the common flu?
Covid, a disease which has had ZERO impact on overall mortality in 2021?

[woodbutcher1963]

It could be. NH(where I live) apparently leads the nation in per capita covid cases. So I have heard advertised on the local ABC station.
However, I went over to the local bar/restaurant last night and not a mask in site. I take an extra vitamin D, zinc pill every morning along with a multi vitamin. I had covid in February. My wife had it about a month ago. I am now immune.

[murron]

There’s a heavy presence of Amish in some of these states. Could they be spreading it? (I’m joking).

[lightman]

Aren’t all those states at about the same longitude? It seems like high case numbers are moving north and fading in the south.

Most are give or take around latitude 40˚ N.

During the simmerin' summer in the south people spend time indoors in air conditioning and cases rise in Dixie.

In the north people stay indoors in colder weather.

Gee, maybe better filtration on HVAC systems would have more of a preventative effect than Biden-bibs.

[imardmd1]

Five of these states share Lake Erie shoreline. Three of them share Lake Michigan shoreline.

Once I and my thesis advisor left New York, went east to west across Pennsylvania, then Ohio, then Indiana, then turned north in Illinois around Chicago, then up to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to visit the professor at Marquette University who had been his thesis advisor. We could have gone into Michigan from Indiana on the east and from it back into Indiana in the west, not taking more than a half hour longer, but we did not.

All this driving was done in less than 24 hours.

[rllngrk33]

There’s a heavy presence of Amish in some of these states.

Rural Amish or inner city Amish?

[imardmd1]

Correct my Post #29:

. . . We could have gone into Michigan from Indiana Ohio on the east and from it back into Indiana in the west, . . .

[steve86]

“...could be related to better treatment, rather than vaccine efficacy.”

OR less virulent virus OR greater natural immunity in the population over time.

[mewzilla]

NYS’s stats are crap.

NYS counts asymptomatics, probables, and repeat positives of the same patient as new cases.

Hospitalizations of patients with/probable are counted as for.

And we still don’t how bad the nosocomial CoupFlu prob is in NYS’s hospitals. And since health systems have been busily firing folks with superior immunity and immune systems, I’m betting we’ve got a nosocomial CoupFlu problem in NYS.

[mewzilla]

Could be we’ve got a nosocomial CoupFlu problem and patients didn’t get the coof until after they were admitted.

[monkeyshine]

Yes, less deadly mutation/submutation is a possibility. I was speaking of the daily death numbers only not infections. Maybe natural immunity is a factor but one would suspect very few cases of double-infection ending up in the hospital... unless the strain has so mutated that it’s unrecognizable, but nobody has broached that subject not even with Omicron!