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Ah ok. That's actually lower than I expected. I can't remember where it is buried in the DHHS site, but religious gatherings had the highest case counts outside of meat packing plants or something like that.
or retirement homes?
I don't know - what I know is what WRAL reported tonight. They didn't report on % of cases/hospitalizations/deaths from nursing homes though.
Anything I've seen, those are in the 60%+ of hospitalizations/deaths though.
I've looked back 2 weeks in this thread. If you have a link to some matrix, I'd appreciate it.
I downloaded and since deleted it, does the original poster remember, it was a pdf with columns for deaths, infections, etc. and rows for situations where these occurred, including religious ceremonies, bars, work, etc.
I think it was 2-3 weeks ago, it may have been posted by Pierre.
It was probably in this thread, I'll check but no guarantees.....
ahh, the numbers reported match up with that tweet/report. I continue to disagree with WRAL's alarming characterization.
the report is available under the Outbreaks & Clusters link, it's the first thing mentioned. While supposedly updated every Monday, they say the next on will be next Wednesday.
Not sure what you're trying to say here. Over 30% of new hospitalizations are under 65. A lot of people still think of COVID-19 as something only elderly people have to worry about, which is not accurate.
At the hospital - we have a running stats table on inpatient COVID-19 patients. Currently, 43% of admitted patients are over the age of 65. 29% are between the ages of 50-65 y/o and 28% are below the age of 50.
Not sure what you're trying to say here. Over 30% of new hospitalizations are under 65. A lot of people still think of COVID-19 as something only elderly people have to worry about, which is not accurate.
what I'm trying to say?
I'm not trying to say "only elderly people have to worry about Covid".
I'm trying to make clear - why AREN'T we focused on what could most easily have a hugely positive effect on overcoming the virus?
By my recollection, 65+ makes up ~15% of NC population (and about the same nationally). At 60% of hospitalizations and 80% deaths, that makes them 4 TIMES and 5.5 TIMES more susceptible than their population % would indicate. And that's an oversimplification anyway, since we should also consider the 40% (hospitalization) & 20% (of deaths) of 85% of the population.
And what we're told (ie, I've read in publication) is that 2% of the population lives in "nursing homes", but they are 40% of the deaths.
So why do we hear a lot of concern about Blacks and Hispanics because they're only 2x "over-represented" which is based solely on their population %? Do the "scientists" and "health experts" even bother to differentiate between the 70 year old Blacks and the 30 year olds? I haven't seen it.
Where would NC and the US be if our efforts were truly focused on the 65+ crowd, and so they merely matched the population at large? Would that be 1/2 the hospitalizations and 1/3 the deaths? The numbers themselves don't matter - though they could be calculated.
At the hospital - we have a running stats table on inpatient COVID-19 patients. Currently, 43% of admitted patients are over the age of 65. 29% are between the ages of 50-65 y/o and 28% are below the age of 50.
Where would NC and the US be if our efforts were truly focused on the 65+ crowd, and so they merely matched the population at large? Would that be 1/2 the hospitalizations and 1/3 the deaths? The numbers themselves don't matter - though they could be calculated.
Realistically, how would we do that given the way things are in our country right now?
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