COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.] (4 Viewers)

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Saint_Ward said:
On a positive note...

wsvn.com

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/home-covid-tests-to-be-covered-by-insurers-starting-saturday/">Read More</a>
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Would be better if retroactive.
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Well, there's something else to make health insurance premiums go up next year. :hihi:
 
bclemms said:
The hospitalization data is so bad at the moment from the combination of Omicron being so widespread and very few states separating the difference between hospitalizations from covid and hospitalizations with covid that it is really a useless stat at this point.

I'll even go a step farther. I bet hospitalization data shows the Omicron decline before regular testing data does since there appears to be less delay in the hospitalization data. In other words it is so widespread that when it starts to decrease the hospitalization data will actually serve as a better surveillance than the testing data.
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I also think the shortages in testing kits will impact overall testing and that would seem to make it so that there's not much lag when hospitalization rates actually start decreasing. But yeah, the overall case numbers are much less meaningful with Omicron relative to Delta and earlier.
 
bonnjer said:
Well, there's something else to make health insurance premiums go up next year. :hihi:
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I wish we'd get it overwith and go to single payer MFA. It would just simplify this whole mess and people wouldn't have to worry so much about not being able to cover their medical bills and MFA could deal with the PTO issue and no one gets left behind whether they're working full or part time.

But that's for the politics site.
 
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DaveXA said:
I wish we'd get it overwith and go to single payer MFA. It would just simplify this whole mess and people wouldn't have to worry so much about not being able to cover their medical bills and MFA could deal with the PTO issue and no one gets left behind whether they're working full or part time.

But that's for the politics site.
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Let me tell you about a hospital bill for a major surgery that was denied (still not sure why), for a pre-approved surgery that ended up having a complication....

189k..... now, that's a fluffed up number. And I'll let you know how the story turns out later.....
 
Saint_Ward said:
Let me tell you about a hospital bill for a major surgery that was denied (still not sure why), for a pre-approved surgery that ended up having a complication....

189k..... now, that's a fluffed up number. And I'll let you know how the story turns out later.....
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Fluffed? Lol, sounds more like a word that rhymes with ducked. Yikes!
 
DaveXA said:
I also think the shortages in testing kits will impact overall testing and that would seem to make it so that there's not much lag when hospitalization rates actually start decreasing. But yeah, the overall case numbers are much less meaningful with Omicron relative to Delta and earlier.
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I say this with tongue in cheek.. but muh cases.
 
Saint_Ward said:
Individual hospitals or hospital networks may have that data. I'm just lazy and go to the NYT for most of the graphics. If I get time later. I'll dig more.
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New York state has recently split hospitalizations from covid and hospitalizations with covid and about half of them are just postive tests in the hospital for unrelated reasons. I'd expect that trend holds true for most of the country.
 
bclemms said:
New York state has recently split hospitalizations from covid and hospitalizations with covid and about half of them are just postive tests in the hospital for unrelated reasons. I'd expect that trend holds true for most of the country.
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Can you share that link? I can't find that.
 
Florida seems to track even more so towards unvaccinated being hospitalized.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/...s-requiring-hospitalization-in-south-florida/

outh Florida hospitals are feeling the effects of the holidays when it comes to COVID-19.

“We really just look at it as another wave, and let’s address it head-on and try to mitigate as best as possible,” said Dr. Joshua Lenchus, Regional Chief Medical Officer for Broward Health.

Broward Health system is seeing around 250 COVID-positive patients.

“A good 75-80 percent of those are consistently unvaccinated,” Lenchus said. “We have looked at this last month of the omicron wave.”

The situation in Miami is similar.

Jackson Memorial Hospital shared their latest numbers, indicating 514 patients are COVID-positive, with 117 of them vaccinated and the majority, unvaccinated.

“Most of those patients, around 90 percent, are unvaccinated,” said Dr. David De La Zarda with Jackson Health System.
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From Riverside County, CA. The graphic from the newpaper is a sort of low resolution, which is weird for modern times....

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