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7. This is from Jan but it's the Omicron variant so I'd assume

Fri Aug 5, 2022, 10:10 AM

Aug 2022

the data would be the same for now.
“But in Omicron hot spots from New York to Florida to Texas, a smaller proportion of those patients are landing in intensive care units or requiring mechanical ventilation, doctors said. And many — roughly 50 to 65 percent of admissions in some New York hospitals — show up at the hospital for other ailments and then test positive for the virus.“
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/health/covid-omicron-hospitalizations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Florida hospital system says 50% of its COVID patients are mainly there for other reasons
https://www.businessinsider.com/50-covid-19-patients-florida-other-reasons-fauci-hochul-incidental-2022-1?amp

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COVID in California -- Hospitalizations jump 145% in ONE month & more [View all] AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 OP

A lot of people were told the COVID-19 crisis was over Blues Heron Aug 2022 #1

Exactly AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #12

We've got a mandatory staff training day in a few weeks. tanyev Aug 2022 #2

That is very scary. AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #13

How many of those hospitalized were vacinated? JohnSJ Aug 2022 #3

Are you vaccinated? AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #14

A lot AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #18

How many are hospitalized *because* of Covid? Sympthsical Aug 2022 #4

I saw one study on that and most were hospitalized Phoenix61 Aug 2022 #5

That's why I'm asking Sympthsical Aug 2022 #6

This is from Jan but it's the Omicron variant so I'd assume Phoenix61 Aug 2022 #7

Thanks for those Sympthsical Aug 2022 #8

Please don't push antivax adjacent talking points AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #10

Please don't limit questions and scientific inquiry Sympthsical Aug 2022 #15

It's a common antivax talking point AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #16

I don't care what yahoos think Sympthsical Aug 2022 #19

Surely you can see why I said what I did however AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #21

Lol USALiberal Aug 2022 #25

The OP always has a way of putting a spin on things Zeitghost Aug 2022 #9

Excuse me? AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #11

You've missed the point entirely Zeitghost Aug 2022 #26

The deaths have definitely leveled off ... dawg Aug 2022 #20

It's not only about deaths AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #22

+10000000 BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #27