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2019-nCoV (Coronavirus)

Just today, Dayton Children’s Hospital says they only had two beds available for kids excluding NICU and behavioral health beds. Dayton Children’s leaders say this demand is creating an unsustainable pressure on staff.
 
Jamie said:
who is testing all these kids, and people in general, by the thousands every single day for the last month? getting harder and harder to swallow these inflated numbers.
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Parents who don't want their kid sitting at home while they could be in school.

I suppose my son's loss of smell and positive test result is one of the statistics. Yep. Lost his smell. That's it. But now is a "school aged positive test" result. He's a senior this year.
 
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what I was asking is who is actually administering all of these tests and reporting the results, not why they are being tested.
 
As some of you know, I'm married to a cath lab nurse and the shit is absolutely hitting the fan right now and the strain put on them is somewhat COVID-related, and very much self-inflicted. She's the senior nurse in the lab with 3 years of experience and they've never been fully staffed the entire time she's been there. The nursing shortage was real long before it was highly publicized. The other local hospital, owned by WVU Medicine, ran out of oxygen yesterday and is now on diversion. It's an absolute nightmare there right now and it's being blamed on the unvaccinated, rather than looking at ALL the variables that have lead to this set of circumstances. She's also 5 months pregnant, so you can imagine the strain she's under in addition to what it would be without that being factored in.

And, fun fact, they have 16 nurses in the lab. It's a 50/50 split between vax'd and unvax'd. They're down 4 nurses right now due to positive tests. All 4 are vaccinated. :rolleyes:
 
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Jamie said:
what I was asking is who is actually administering all of these tests and reporting the results, not why they are being tested.
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Most pharmacy drive thru a will administer for free. In our case, we were exposed. Took my son and I to be tested a few days later. Both negative. Next day wife and daughter got symptoms. One had cough. One lost smell. They were tested and positive. 3-5 days after that son lost smell. Tested again and was positive. For us? Easier to get a free test and lay low a couple days to ensure we could go about life if negative test results.
 
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Geezer II said:
If there being hospitalized must be pretty sick
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Not necessarily. I read an article yesterday that was written by a study harvard and a study that the VA did that found 40-45% of covid hospital admissions were for incidental cases. I.E had nothing to do with covid but they were covid positive. Individuals admitted for unrelated matters are tested. Meaning they could be admitted for a bacterial infection or car accident but they tested positive. Individuals with mild symptoms are also being admitted for observation because they had a health issue that could cause complications. If I was a hospital receiving funds for treating covid patients why would I have empty beds laying around not making me money?

www.theatlantic.com

Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning

A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
 
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Jackalope said:
Not necessarily. I read an article yesterday that was written by a study harvard and a study that the VA did that found 40-45% of covid hospital admissions were for incidental cases. I.E had nothing to do with covid but they were covid positive. Individuals admitted for unrelated matters are tested. Meaning they could be admitted for a bacterial infection or car accident but they tested positive. Individuals with mild symptoms are also being admitted for observation because they had a health issue that could cause complications. If I was a hospital receiving funds for treating covid patients why would I have empty beds laying around not making me money?

www.theatlantic.com

Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning

A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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that last sentence is an important one. People generally overlook the fact that hospitals are private businesses, and they make money by providing care. they require sick and injured people to function and make a profit. the more the better. damn right they don't want any empty beds.
 
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Jamie said:
that last sentence is an important one. People generally overlook the fact that hospitals are private businesses, and they make money by providing care. they require sick and injured people to function and make a profit. the more the better. damn right they don't want any empty beds.
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And they lower the staff too lower the beds too keep themselves looking full…..
 
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I watched a FOX news report not too long ago, maybe a few days ago where nearly all hospitals always maintain a 90% occupancy rate cause an empty bed cost those that own those hospitals money if empty. Over the years, hospitals have been reducing the actual number of beds and staff, much like every other corporate business of today, running much leaner and supposedly more efficient than of the past, in order to increase their profits for their share holders.

I'm sure the report could be looked up, but I'm kinda done with this whole mess and this thread more or less.
 
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