Posted on 06/16/2020 9:34:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several states have seen an uptick in coronavirus hospitalization rates, a possible sign of a worrying trend.
“We're now starting to see, for example, in our Texas Medical Center, an increase in hospitalizations, particularly in ICU admissions,” said Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health in Texas.
Epidemiologists, however, are more concerned about rates of people who are sick enough to merit going to intensive care units than they are about reported cases of the virus, which can rise based on an increase in testing. Hospitalization rates, Dr. Shah said, provide the most complete picture of how states are faring in the fight against the coronavirus.
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Monday that over 1,900 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, more than the number of patients hospitalized on May 1 when Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the state’s stay-at-home order. The number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations has remained high since mid-May because of what Dr. Shah calls a “layering of risk.” After May 1, Texans began leaving their homes for Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and graduation activities.
“As all these activities are happening, you're layering on top of each other. From each of those activities’ start dates, you generally have a few weeks after that when, because of the incubation period, you start to see an increase of cases, which then moves to increase in hospitalizations or what have you. And that's what concerns us,” Dr. Shah said.
Florida has also seen an increase in COVID-19 hospitalization rates since Gov. Ron DeSantis began reopening the state in early May. According to the COVID Tracking Project, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida has reached 11,215 since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and the rate is increasing daily. As of Friday, 11,066 people were hospitalized
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Don’t believe the stats. My FIL was hospitalized over Memorial Day and tested negative 4 times. His discharge papers read that he was a confirmed case. We pitched a major fit over it. Medicare fraud?
I’ll say it. BOOOOOOOOO! Be scared. Be very scared. Cancel the rally!
I’m sure that a week from now we’ll be seeing Oklahoma spike.
Yep, I have wondered about the federal guv’s “perverse incentive” to make everyone Covid positive to get 36K per patient. My #1 below
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Isn’t this increase an expected result of opening the economy and removing the existing restrictions? It is certainly what I expect, but that does not make the reopenings the wrong thing to do. It is simply part of the risk assessment.
Here in FL we have several liberal fish wrappers who are still posting doom and gloom over Our rising confirmed cases of the rona. Little is said about the number of related deaths that have NOT, I say have NOT, risen exponentially. It isn’t convenient for them when spreading the FEAR.
They really don’t want the GOP in JAX
Arizona cases are going up rapidly while deaths are still declining. Much will depend on the AGE of the new cases. If they are young people, it won’t affect the death rate.
BTW - a friend recently tested positive. Since she had it months ago, apparently, she is now donating plasma to help others live. Her only symptoms of anything flu-like were in late December. But she is a new case....
the mortality rates in lib states (NY/NJ/CT/Mich) are close to and sometimes double what they are in Florida
I had a big argument today about the GOP event, and I pointed out that nobody seemed concerned about the rioters in Jax a couple of weeks ago (many of whom were from elsewhere, just stirring up bored local, unemployed - thank you shutdown- black teenagers).
First they tried to shutdown the GOP by saying they were “concerned” about the possibility of protesters trashing the town, but that clearly wasn’t going to fly. The US isn’t a country where the protests and riots of one political party should be able to shut down another.
So now they’ve fixed on their virus “concerns.”
I’ve noticed on all the fake news networks how they are focusing on Texas and Florida.
Now why would they do that??
It’s an act
Exactly.
The virus is real.
The good news is that doctors and nurses have gone down a learning curve and can greatly reduce the number of deaths with treatments appropriate for each patient.
The hospitals are going to take a hit—that is just the way it is going to be.
Also a spike in hospitalizations and it has demonstrated a higher infection rate than Flu...the wife and I are in high-risk age group (70 and 67 years) but we are fairly healthy and aren't going nuts over it.
Some time ago, my daughter, who is a nurse, pretty much said if one was gong to catch it, one was going to catch it...if we have already had it (my hopes) we were pretty asymptomatic.
Nothing to sneeze about (pun intended) but I doubt the lock-downs had too hefty an effect and see no reason for additional measures...we exercise personal responsibility for our health and don't act stupid...about all one can really do about it.
unixfox wrote:
“I’ve noticed on all the fake news networks how they are focusing on Texas and Florida.
Now why would they do that??”
Republican states.
There is a 24HR ER clinic a few blocks from my home...always a very sleepy place. Suddenly, the last week or so in tandem with an outdoor sign advertising rapid COVID testing, there are cars wrapped around the nearest streets to clinic backed up for a 1/2 mile or so. Very odd. Houston is absolutely molten hot right now.Never thought we would have a resurgence this time of the year. Could be local news (I’m not watching) creating a panic.
Would love to see a graph of new hospitalizations in all three states.
36k federal dollars per positive patient is a pretty compelling business case
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