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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the weekend there was an article that mentioned many of the rising covid hospitalizations here in AZ were not because of covid, but rather the people happened to have covid.  The people are asymptomatic, but testing positive when going in for the months long postponed non-emergency surgeries.

So yes, the person has a hospital bed.  And yes, they have covid.  But they're not in that bed because of covid.  I reached out to a couple of nurse friends to get the scoop and they both said they're busy, because there is a nurse shortage here, but it's not covid keeping them busy - I think NW hospital only has 3 covid patients total.  [/quote]
You don't get a hospital bed if you test positive without symptoms. [/quote]

I‘m in AZ and have heard similar (lots of positives turning up with routine pre-op testing). They are also testing everyone who walks into the ER regardless of reason.  Also lots of doctors and other healthcare workers turning up positive with routine screening. MD friend (specialist, doesn’t work with covid patients, typically)- turned up positive with routine screening. So far, she is asymptomatic (this was last week).  AZ is also doing a testing blitz of nursing homes (really hope no positives are coming from there).

I wonder how much of the increase in positives is due to the above. However I’d assume all states are doing the same things- and they aren’t seeing increases.

I will be very curious to see if the death rate increases with the spike in positives (so far it has not at all)- but obviously that would be on a lag. 
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