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Covid Live Updates: U.S. Hospitalizations Break Record as Omicron Surges
NY Times ^ | 1/10/22

Posted on 01/10/2022 6:15:36 PM PST by Tipllub

The number of Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 has surpassed last winter’s peak, underscoring the severity of the threat the virus continues to pose as the extremely contagious Omicron variant tears through the United States.

As of Sunday, 142,388 patients with the virus were hospitalized nationwide, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, surpassing the peak of 142,315 reported on Jan. 14 of last year. The seven-day average of daily hospitalizations was 132,086, an increase of 83 percent from two weeks ago.

The Omicron wave has overwhelmed hospitals and depleted staff who were already worn out by the Delta variant. It has been driven in large part by people younger than 60. Among people older than 60, daily admissions are still lower than last winter.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid; covid19; fearagenda; flubras; flubros; herdimmunity; justacold; justtheflu; overblown; scaremongering; vaccine; wuflu
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1 posted on 01/10/2022 6:15:36 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Tipllub

Are you clutching your Pearls?


2 posted on 01/10/2022 6:17:34 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Tipllub
[H/T Melian] from GAB:


3 posted on 01/10/2022 6:17:44 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Tipllub

Two years to prepare.


4 posted on 01/10/2022 6:17:50 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: Tipllub

BS


5 posted on 01/10/2022 6:19:31 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Tipllub

It’s funny. It’s utter MSM hype bs but it’s fodder to use against dem rule and Brandon.

He’s gonna shut it down. He had a plan.


6 posted on 01/10/2022 6:21:30 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Tipllub

🐄💩


7 posted on 01/10/2022 6:22:41 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Tipllub

Why hasn’t Brandon sent a ship to NYC to deal with the hospital overflow?

/s (kinda)


8 posted on 01/10/2022 6:24:48 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: Tipllub

“We’re overwhelmed!”
Yeah, you are understaffed because you fired people who you hailed as heroes not even a month prior for no good reason.
But you guys and gals sure have time to choreograph dance routines.


9 posted on 01/10/2022 6:24:52 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ifinnegan

While some in the MSM are running with hysterics, many others are shifting gears to saying this isn’t such a big deal (because all the Covid is now finally hurting Brandon), even when they made a much bigger deal when smaller covid numbers were coming down when Trump was still in office.


10 posted on 01/10/2022 6:26:10 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Tipllub

I’ve noticed the same thing.

Reasonable things are being said that should have been said a year and a half ago.


11 posted on 01/10/2022 6:28:47 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: tennmountainman

I’m clutching everyone’s pearls.


12 posted on 01/10/2022 6:32:34 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Tipllub

Are people legitimately ill or are they succumbing to the media driven hysteria?


13 posted on 01/10/2022 6:35:38 PM PST by Spok
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To: ransomnote

Link to that story..

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/COVID-San-Francisco-staff-shortage-UCSF-16758335.php


14 posted on 01/10/2022 6:36:37 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: Tipllub

Hospitalizing people for sore throats?

Why not if FedGov is still offering bounties on COVID admissions.


15 posted on 01/10/2022 6:37:59 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Tipllub

Link that shows data in this story is not as scary as reported..

See https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization

Inpatient Bed Utilization by State


16 posted on 01/10/2022 6:40:59 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: ransomnote

and was it any different a year ago? why the sudden realization now when some of us have been saying this for like forever?


17 posted on 01/10/2022 6:41:25 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Tipllub

Irrational fear is the primary ailment these people have and hospitals are gladly playing along with the charade.

The great majority of these people in saner times would simply be home with a bowl of chicken soup.


18 posted on 01/10/2022 6:42:18 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Tipllub

But deaths are waaaaaaaaaaaaay down, Folks!!!


19 posted on 01/10/2022 6:54:33 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: Tipllub

Consider that last year there were no elective surgery patients and hospitals were empty, so of course there are more patients in hospital this year. Staff numbers? Remember last year all kinds of doctors and nurses were laid off because there were no patients? This year with more patients of all kinds, some of whom happen to test positive, hospitals have less staff because they’ve been laid off for refusing the clot shot.

It’s all lies, smoke, and mirrors.


20 posted on 01/10/2022 6:54:59 PM PST by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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