I would ask....How many of these people are hospitalized "WITH" Covid vs "FROM" Covid. Does South Africa do a good job of only reporting numbers of people hospitalized due to Covid directly? If it's much more contagious than wouldn't more people being hospitalized for other reasons also test positive given it's rampant spread. My elderly…
I would ask....How many of these people are hospitalized "WITH" Covid vs "FROM" Covid. Does South Africa do a good job of only reporting numbers of people hospitalized due to Covid directly? If it's much more contagious than wouldn't more people being hospitalized for other reasons also test positive given it's rampant spread. My elderly friend was recently hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia and just happened to have a positive PCR for SARS-Cov-2 but had zero Covid symptoms. Doctors were completely uninterested in her positive test results. I am guessing she was still put down as a Covid hospitalization given she had to be put in a Covid room because of the test result.
I would ask....How many of these people are hospitalized "WITH" Covid vs "FROM" Covid. Does South Africa do a good job of only reporting numbers of people hospitalized due to Covid directly? If it's much more contagious than wouldn't more people being hospitalized for other reasons also test positive given it's rampant spread. My elderly friend was recently hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia and just happened to have a positive PCR for SARS-Cov-2 but had zero Covid symptoms. Doctors were completely uninterested in her positive test results. I am guessing she was still put down as a Covid hospitalization given she had to be put in a Covid room because of the test result.
UK does a good job separating the two: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1473994500506849282 Both are rising fast in London.