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Many people hospitalized in the Omicron surge are there for other reasons and have only mild COVID-19
Business insider ^ | 12/31/2021 | Joshua Zitser and Kieran Corcoran

Posted on 12/31/2021 3:41:56 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A significant proportion of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in recent weeks were admitted for other reasons, according to health officials and government data.

The exact scale of the phenomenon in the US is not recorded in federal statistics, but has been noted anecdotally.

And Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the White House, described the phenomenon, specifically in children, in a Wednesday night interview with MSNBC.

Since all hospital admissions are tested for COVID-19, Fauci said, many are "hospitalized with COVID, as opposed to because of COVID." The real reason for hospitalization might be "a broken leg, or appendicitis, or something like that," he continued.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hospitalized; mild; omicron; surge
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A lot of people miss screenings and doctors visits because of these stupid lockdowns and stupid covid rules.
1 posted on 12/31/2021 3:41:56 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One might legitimately assume that many deaths are also for “other” reasons but are attributed to Covid if they have tested positive for it.


2 posted on 12/31/2021 3:44:24 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Surprising headline from a left-wing “news” outlet.

This must be how Pedo Joe is going to “beat covid.”


3 posted on 12/31/2021 3:45:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; Jim Noble

I have a question. My understanding is that the Omicron variant has 40 mutations from Delta. The cold is a coronavirus and we don’t call it COVID-19. At what point does a virus mutate enough that you don’t even call it the same thing?


4 posted on 12/31/2021 3:46:16 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (A vote for Joe Biden is a vote for empty smirking pantsuit Kamala Harris for President)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Also this is the time of the year when people are trying to get medical treatments before their health insurance deductible comes around in 2022.


5 posted on 12/31/2021 3:50:42 PM PST by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: traderrob6

There’s a boatload of money in that. Ask your local hospital administrator when she gets back from Barbados.


6 posted on 12/31/2021 3:51:52 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: JustaCowgirl

“The cold is a coronavirus and we don’t call it COVID-19. At what point does a virus mutate enough that you don’t even call it the same thing?“

That point is reached when politicians realize that they can use it - giving a cold a scary name - to frighten citizens enough to completely relinquish control and ultimate power to said politicians.


7 posted on 12/31/2021 3:52:15 PM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How many of them have been vaccinated? Given the large number of unusual direct side effects, and other damage that weakens the body, it should be easy to piece together some answers.


8 posted on 12/31/2021 3:52:36 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (META - Make Everything Trump Again)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If I had a goldfish,

I BET it would test positive for Covid.


9 posted on 12/31/2021 3:57:03 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: traderrob6
One might legitimately assume that many deaths are also for “other” reasons but are attributed to Covid if they have tested positive for it.

And yet, if someone dies within 60 days of getting the Covid vaxx or booster, the radical anti-vaxxers attribute the death to the vaxx.

10 posted on 12/31/2021 3:58:36 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There the ones they’ll want to ventilate to death.


11 posted on 12/31/2021 4:05:15 PM PST by Leep (Freedom: "What's the big deal" -joe biden)
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To: JustaCowgirl

When the Dimocrats find it to their advantage.


12 posted on 12/31/2021 4:16:08 PM PST by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Stressed out by Evil Governments


13 posted on 12/31/2021 4:18:53 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

The lies have to continue. Otherwise how will they be able to cheat in the next election?


14 posted on 12/31/2021 4:26:09 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Johannesberg and London are over their omicron waves, without overwhelming their hospitals.


15 posted on 12/31/2021 4:27:20 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A significant characteristic of Omicron, is that on average, Omicron patients get out of the hospital, much faster than other variants (2-3 days).

That offsets the numbers getting admitted considerably, when calculating peak capacity.

Beds open back up much quicker.


16 posted on 12/31/2021 4:31:09 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Biblebelter

“If I had a goldfish, I BET it would test positive for Covid.”

It can be diagnosed, just on symptoms. Look at how the lips move - like it is struggling for air...


17 posted on 12/31/2021 4:32:58 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe they should have HHS walk back their scare porn public service announcements where they declared that you needed to immediately get your children jabbed or they would join the triple number of children hospitalized with Wuhan/Fauci virus since the beginning of summer. Now you can understand why they appointed a scum sucking bottom feeding lawyer to run HHS instead of a competent professional.


18 posted on 12/31/2021 4:43:45 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: Biblebelter

RE:If I had a goldfish,

I BET it would test positive for Covid.
.................................................

Mine all have tiny masks on.

Kidding. I don’t have goldfish.😇


19 posted on 12/31/2021 4:46:22 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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The fish in our lake are taking no chances!


20 posted on 12/31/2021 4:55:16 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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