The B.C. government has put out a long statement on how they count hospitalizations for #COVID19.
It says there are 152 additional people in hospital, above the 330 in the official count.
When patients are no longer infectious, they're removed from the count.
It says there are 152 additional people in hospital, above the 330 in the official count.
When patients are no longer infectious, they're removed from the count.
The government statement says "these discontinued isolation cases are reported independently from B.C.'s COVID numbers. They are included in reports on overall hospital capacity and critical-care capacity."
Which is not particularly true, since we don't get a raw number.
Which is not particularly true, since we don't get a raw number.
It's important to remember that the way the government reports hospitalizations has not changed, and we talked about this a lot several months ago.
But we're at the height of the 4th wave, health care workers are more burned out that ever, so that uncounted number matters more.
But we're at the height of the 4th wave, health care workers are more burned out that ever, so that uncounted number matters more.
Obviously, the ideal situation would be for the government to provide that "discontinued isolation" every day, and to backdate that number for the entire pandemic.
But they're bad with being transparent about data in a deadly pandemic, so they probably won't 🤷
But they're bad with being transparent about data in a deadly pandemic, so they probably won't 🤷
As I said in the 3rd wave, since the measuring has been consistent (if flawed) one can get a sense of the hospitalization story through ICU cases, weekly new hospitalizations, and other metrics.
But there are limits, and uncertainty, and much more strain after 18 months.
But there are limits, and uncertainty, and much more strain after 18 months.
Anyhow, credit for @PennyDaflos for continuing to push for the most transparent place in North America to become even more transparent.
Still perplexing that we need journalists throwing a fit after 18 months to get this sort of basic public health information, but here we are.
Still perplexing that we need journalists throwing a fit after 18 months to get this sort of basic public health information, but here we are.
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