Rush reported Tuesday on this from Dr. Scott Atlas of the Hoover Institution, as seen on KUSI in San Diego:
“… Dr. Atlas emphasized the fact that the death rates are not going up, despite the increase in cases. “And that’s what really counts, are we getting people who are really sick and dying, and we’re not, and when we look at the hospitalizations, yes, hospitals are more crowded, but that’s mainly due to the re-installation of medical care for non COVID-19 patients.”
“Dr. Atlas used Texas of an example saying, “90+% of ICU beds are occupied, but only 15% are COVID patients. 85% of the occupied beds are not COVID patients. I think we have to look at the data and be aware that it doesn’t matter if younger, healthier people get infected, I don’t know how often that has to be said, they have nearly zero risk of a problem from this. The only thing that counts are the older, more vulnerable people getting infected. And there’s no evidence that they really are.”
“Dr. Atlas then pointed out the hospitalization length of stay is about half of what it once was.”
On Monday I mentioned similar. While most press reports were that hospitals might get too full in many areas, the area where 10 of 12 were almost full was across the Rio Grande Valley where the story properly admitted, a rarity in coverage, that only 40% of patients had anything to do with COVID-19.
The focus on case counts is disingenuous at best, purposefully misleading to panic the public at worst.
COVID case count is not the same as serious infection number
“… Dr. Atlas emphasized the fact that the death rates are not going up, despite the increase in cases. “And that’s what really counts, are we getting people who are really sick and dying, and we’re not, and when we look at the hospitalizations, yes, hospitals are more crowded, but that’s mainly due to the re-installation of medical care for non COVID-19 patients.”
“Dr. Atlas used Texas of an example saying, “90+% of ICU beds are occupied, but only 15% are COVID patients. 85% of the occupied beds are not COVID patients. I think we have to look at the data and be aware that it doesn’t matter if younger, healthier people get infected, I don’t know how often that has to be said, they have nearly zero risk of a problem from this. The only thing that counts are the older, more vulnerable people getting infected. And there’s no evidence that they really are.”
“Dr. Atlas then pointed out the hospitalization length of stay is about half of what it once was.”
On Monday I mentioned similar. While most press reports were that hospitals might get too full in many areas, the area where 10 of 12 were almost full was across the Rio Grande Valley where the story properly admitted, a rarity in coverage, that only 40% of patients had anything to do with COVID-19.
The focus on case counts is disingenuous at best, purposefully misleading to panic the public at worst.