ICU Bed Usage Part II
Something is extremely odd with indicator #7 of the OPHAS system. I have addressed this before in regards to region 6 of Ohio (facebook.com/.../permalink/…).
Something is extremely odd with indicator #7 of the OPHAS system. I have addressed this before in regards to region 6 of Ohio (facebook.com/.../permalink/…).
As odd as region 6 was, the variation was pretty small, up to ~2% extra overall capacity used on the OPHAS version than on the dashboard.
Keep in mind, BOTH the hospitalization dashboard on coronavirus.ohio.gov and indicator #7 on the OPHAS come from the exact same entity - the Ohio Hospital Association. There shouldn't be any difference.
**There is no reporting lag involved. The census is the census. It's one of the selling points of this indicator.**
Region 5 has the same problem, but far more severe.
Region 5 has the same problem, but far more severe.
Bizarrely, the COVID-19 positive percentage is identical on both the dashboard and the OPHAS, but the total ICU bed usage is off by 8-9% of total usage for 4 of the last 7 days of the OPHAS. The other three days it was off by at least 4%! (See the second image). 
This is massive! So massive, that according to the coronavirus.ohio.gov dashboard, region 5 did NOT exceed 20% COVID-19 positive AND 80% total occupancy ONCE during the last two weeks. And yet, according to the OPHAS, region 5 exceeded the metrics EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Three counties will almost certainly be reaching the purple alert level this week based on this indicator being triggered! Richland, Medina and Portage Counties will be purple.
Schools will close, activities canceled, customers will shun local businesses, massive anxiety will be produced based on data that is wildly inconsistent coming from the exact same source.
Where is there any accountability in the data being used to destroy so much?
Where is there any accountability in the data being used to destroy so much?
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