I see less importance in the with COVID vs because COVID hospitalizations distinction than the remaining capacity numbers. Like JFG’s links point out, staffing issues contribute. It is worrisome.
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I think it’s reasonable to discuss when and under what circumstances to roll back restrictions. I do not think it’s responsible to abandon them during the beginning of a surge when there’s already insufficient medical staff/hospital capacity, medical treatments like monoclonal antibodies, and testing. It wasn’t that long ago when delta was being talked about as the last surge/off-ramp.
Still have a slightly scratchy throat. But fatigue, fever, cough, severe sore throat are all gone and have been for some time. On day 11 today.
After all symptoms or most? I’ve still got a scratchy throat day 11, but all others resolved days ago.
What about long haulers?
I’ve read improving symptoms (not no symptoms) and fever-free.
Long haul covid, in my understanding, is your body continuing to over-respond to the initial infection, kind of like an immune system attack.
I think I got screwed over by this “we’ll text you when the wait is 20 minutes” deal. They never texted me. 
Have an actual appointment in the morning. 
Temperature is 99.0 and I feel accordingly. Not great but I’ve felt worse.
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I’m wandering around the city and there are pop up testing locations everywhere. Probably really easy to he tested here.
from governor kathy (not cuomo) -
THIS WEEK’S COVID TRENDS. As of January 8, 2022, 11,747 New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID-19. Our 7-day percentage positivity average is 21.71%, which is up from 21.49% last week. There were 379.43 cases per 100K statewide.
does that mean that 0.38% of new yorkers tested positive for covid-19 in the past week? seems really high.
Pssh. New York needs to step up its game – if my math is right New Hampshire has had about 0.9% of its population test positive in the last week.
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I thought positivity was the percentage of tests that were positive. So not 0.38% of New Yorkers… 21.71% of New Yorkers who took a Covid test. (Not counting home tests unless they reported the results I’m assuming.)
i’m not sure what you’re saying here. 21.71% of new yorkers who took a covid test were positive, but it also says that there were 379.43 cases per 100k statewide. does the 379.43 cases not represent the entire population? if not, what does it represent?
Oh I see. Yes, I think your interpretation is correct and I misunderstood you.
I claim Covid-brain.
Half are with not from Covid though. The reason Covid hospitalizations are going up is because people are coming for other things with Covid because they don’t know they have Covid. Notice every news agency is now reporting the with Covid numbers because the from Covid numbers are not record breaking and won’t cause people to keep freaking out. No freak out no eyeballs.
I might take those positivity rates with a small grain of salt if they’re including self-reported home tests (some states do, some don’t) as people are unlikely to self-report negative tests.
Obviously though 1 out of every ~260 people statewide testing positive in a week is a lot.
I thought Gov Kathy was going to start reporting hospitalizations with vs for more transparently? The places I’ve seen reporting that recently have all been about 50/50 with/for.
As of last Monday, 2.5% of Salem had a currently active*, PCR confirmed case of COVID-19.
*Currently active is measured as ‘last test was positive and within the last 14 days, or currently hospitalized’ iirc.
Um… that doesn’t explain why a lot of hospitals are full. If you look at the %open beds, it’s pretty low in most of the country. I don’t think people are all of a sudden going to the hospital in record numbers just because.
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[red] Clearly so the can rake in all that sweet COVID money. [/red]
Serious question:
How do they count people admitted for non COVID reasons that contract problematic-for-them COVID while hospitalized?
IFYP
It’s cute people somehow think that means it’s somehow an insignificant number, like don’t worry, only one of your kidneys has cancer. Sure it’s less bad, but it’s still f***ing bad.
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Exactly. Maybe they’re going for some other issue (say emphysema or diverticulitis or asthma or a heart issue) and learn they have Covid when the hospital tests them.
But maybe that other issue is complicated because their body is busy fighting Covid and it can’t also cope with the other issue.
my sister reported her positive over the counter test, but i don’t think i’d bother if it were me.