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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Especially when it is as mild as this one is.[/quote]

If it's so mild, why are the hospitals jammed?[/quote]

Hospitals aren't jammed at all. Take a look at the HHS portal. VA hospitals are doing great at non-flu season capacity right now (70-80% is regular during that time period and hospitals typically "fill up" during flu seasons; VA is at 73% for hospitalization and 78% for ICUs right now).
https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization

The ERs are flooded, but with COVID paranoid people testing positive with no or little symptoms. What a failure of public health to scare people so much they're flooding the ER for the sniffles.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/virginia-health-and-hospital-leaders-urge-individuals-with-mild-coronavirus-cases-other-non-serious-illnesses-to-avoid-unnecessary-trips-to-hospital-emergency-departments/[/quote]

I just got an email from Children’s Hospital in DC yesterday, my child is a patient there, saying that they are jammed! They are asking The CPS families who are using the hospital for convenience testing and non-severe ailments to use other facilities. [/quote]

Just checked HHS. Children's Hospital in DC has plenty of capacity. They're 77% for hospital beds and 80% for ICU beds. That's better than usual for this time of year (flu season).

Who the hell goes to the hospital for convenience testing and non-severe ailments anyway?!?  They issued that because, just as the VDH said, people are jamming hospital ERs for the sniffles[/quote]

Again you need to think outside your bubble. People use the children’s ER like it’s their primary care doctor. it’s the demographic of the neighborhood, and in many lower income areas.[/quote]

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