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LimaBeansAreGood t1_ixydotm wrote

Reply to comment by cmrdgkr in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy

Eh. I’m an ICU nurse in the US. We’re getting a hospitalization spike, it’s just not bad enough to hit the news yet.

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cmrdgkr t1_ixyejev wrote

I never said you weren't getting a hospitalization spike. But if 100,000 people got covid today and in the US 1000 went to the hospital, then the US might only think they've got 1000 new cases because that's all they track. In Korea they still track positive tests regardless of whether or not you went to the hospital. That's why certain countries are still showing large numbers like this because they're tracking all cases, not just the ones that wind up in hospital.

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Flymia t1_iy1xlvm wrote

I went to a PCR test ran by Miami-Dade County in September. Was positive, got a call from the Florida Dept. of Health the next day.

The numbers are a lot higher, but with vaccinations, and prior infections, serious illness is not showing as much, and tons of people just never test, or just test at home. People are more worried about the FLU and RSV right now.

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TailRudder t1_ixyjtev wrote

That's not what he's saying though. The tracking mechanisms have been greatly diminished.

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alien_from_Europa t1_ixyz025 wrote

>it’s just not bad enough to hit the news yet.

Here's the official data from the HHS data hub in the US:

Number Type 🏥 %
692,244 Inpatient Beds 5,293 Hospitals N/A
511,596 Inpatient Beds in Use 5,292 Hospitals ~74% beds in use
29,450 Inpatient Beds in Use for COVID-19 5,170 Hospitals ~5.76% patients with Covid

You can also search capacity for specific hospitals on this site:

https://public-data-hub-dhhs.hub.arcgis.com/pages/f498500804b3412fa096e8d6e0c8f0d4

And don't forget the beds are also getting filled up now with RSV and flu cases.

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