Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) admitted Monday that hospitalizations in New York are likely being overcounted by as much as 50%.
Speaking in Rochester, the Democrat noted that people who are admitted to a hospital for something like a car accident might test positive for COVID. These people are not being treated for the virus, but for their injuries from the accident, yet they are being counted in their COVID hospitalization totals.
โSomeone is in a car accident they go to the emergency room they test positive for COVID while theyโre there, theyโre not theyโre being treated for COVID,โ Hochul explained, reported News 10โs Jennifer Lewke.
โNow someoneโs condition can worsen while theyโre in the hospital,โ the governor continued, โIโm not saying that wonโt happen, but Iโve just been doing a random call around to some of the hospital leaders that I touch base with and Iโm seeing numbers from 20% to sometimes 50%. We donโt have clear data right now, thatโs anecdotal,โ The Daily Wire reported.
Starting Tuesday, hospitals will be asked to report to the state โwhether a patient is in the hospital for COVID-19 or if they tested positive for COVID-19 while being treated for another ailment,โ News 10 noted.
โBeginning tomorrow [Tuesday] weโre going to be asking all hospitals to break out for us, how many people are being hospitalized because of COVID symptoms, how many people happen to test positive just while theyโre in there for other treatments,โ Hochul announced. โI think thatโs important, I just want to be honest with New Yorkers about how bad this is. Yes, the number of people infected is high but I want to see whether or not the hospitalizations correlate with that.โ
Then she added some fear porn, โWeโre not in a good place, Iโm going to be really honest with youโฆ this is the winter surge we predicted.โ
Of course, we’ve known that all along.
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