Covid19 PSA

Easy, the hospitals were already full as most usually are.

 

That's the bullshit that is just plain annoying. Saying it is like the flu is NOT remotely blowing it off. Have you been ignoring the number of people the flu kills on a normal year? This year the flu AND Covid-19 haven't killed or hospitalized as many as a bad flu season does. So comparing it to the flu is a viable comparison because the flu is dangerous as hell.

Being in healthcare changes nothing. Healthcare systems overreacting as they're told to freak out by politician docs in health departments isn't surprising but it does not mean that this is world ending, they're just prepared in case it does get that bad. However every bit of data I'm seeing shows it is not getting worse at all. It's funny to me the same day the media is pushing pictures of tents in Central Park NYC hospitals discharged 3 times the Covid patients as they admitted....

 

I think it's everywhere really. ICU beds charge more and make more than a normal room, if you need more ICU beds you move those who "might" need an ICU who are in one as a CYA money maker into other rooms.

 

Keep in mind not one of those projections by the experts has come true anywhere. There is a reason that the media is ignoring those released from the hospital and those who have gotten over this. It not being that bad doesn't justify the hourly updates and doesn't get the web hits and views on tv....

 

You're the one trying to sell how your hospital needs to make all these changes - so are they truly necessary? How full are you? How full is your ICU? How full was it prior to this?

 

Not at all, but using it as a measuring stick for the rest of the country is stupid. NYC has had other outbreaks where the hospitals have been overwhelmed short term. Instead of the panic they ship people around. It's normal.

 

Ummmmmm - nope. Politicians being backed into a corner by health care peeps lying about what is happening doesn't prove anything one way or the other.

I keep looking at the numbers and the ones that supposedly prove something horrific are not real numbers. That is a simple fact. I'm not seeing anything justifying the reaction at this point. They justify the warnings, they justify ramp9ing up production of respirators and safety gear, they justify putting supplies in place and being ready to build temp hospitals and quarantine areas. They do not warrant shutting down this country. Not even close.

 

I reserve to right to adjust as necessary as I wish more people were dead

 

Not seeing a steady climb of infected people per day according to the CDC, it's bouncing up and down but is definitely not a steady climb...

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html bottom graph, it's adjusted as they get more info and decide when people got infected.