Ten times as many New Yorkers are dying in their homes than normal and they aren't being tested

[SunSeeker]

In New York City, somewhere around 20-25 people die at home on a typical day. But according to City Council Member Mark Levine, who chairs the health committee, between 200 and 215 are dying at home every day at present. As Levine wrote on Twitter, only those “who are known to have a positive coronavirus test have the disease listed as the official cause on their death certificate.”

Gothamist reports that the city Medical Examiner’s office “is not testing dead bodies for COVID-19. Instead, they’re referring suspected cases to the city’s health department as ‘probable.’” And those “probable” COVID-19 deaths aren’t included in the tallies.

This is not a problem that’s unique to New York. BuzzFeed News reported that “medical professionals around the US [say] that the official numbers of people who have died of COVID-19 are not consistent with the number of deaths they’re seeing on the front lines.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/ten-times-as-many-new-yorkers-are-dying-in-their-homes-than-normal-and-they-arent-being-tested-for-covid-19/

[Marrah_Goodman]

1. We need more testing kits

The dead need to be tested also. It's important.

[beachbumbob]

2. pathology MUST be done on the dead that are "suspected" COVID-19 victims if for nothing else,

but to have real data and point to others who have been exposed. This is a travesty.

[babylonsister]

3. Another one in a long line of them. nt

[sheshe2]

4. Read This.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213259803


Coronavirus traces found in Massachusetts wastewater at levels far higher than expected

[SunSeeker]

5. Scary.

[sheshe2]

6. Yep.

I am from MA and they are not saying what community this was discovered in.

Will this nightmare ever end? Will we be able to see our family again? My sister and I are taking care of a 94 year old here. No one can come in. Saw my nephew and family outside yesterday...from a distance. They stood outside moms window and waved. Their youngest is 6 months old. Sigh. I have only had a chance to hold her a few times since she was born.

The rest of them, my niece it has been well over a month. She is an ICU nurse and exposed. They can't come here.

[SunSeeker]

7. OMG. You must be terrified. This is so emotionally exhausting.

Hang in there, she.

[sheshe2]

8. You a well my dear.

I am sure you are going through the same.

[Cha]

9. this is horrible.. and so heartbreaking.

I'm so sorry, SunSeeker.