Covid-19 hospitalizations are a very poor tracker for community risk of severe illness w Omicron because incidental hospitalizations correlate to community spread. A lot of people in places like NYC are going to the hospital for other reasons and then testing positive.
That's on top of already a huge disconnect between cases and hospitalizations. Compare cases vs hospitalizations for NYC in the previous wave to now.
Cases exploding w Omicron, but Covid hospitalizations increasing at steady rate that looks more like last wave.
Cases exploding w Omicron, but Covid hospitalizations increasing at steady rate that looks more like last wave.
NYC doesn’t break out their data, but other places w recent outbreaks suggest up to 50% of the Covid-19 hospitalizations could be incidental. Significant increase from previous waves/variants.
Open ICU capacity is probably a better measure.
Open ICU capacity is probably a better measure.
This is also consistent with what doctors are seeing about pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations. The increase is mostly incidental.
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