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The New York Times on Wednesday reported that coronavirus hospitalizations have risen dramatically and are nearing their April peak. The Times, however, either overlooked or ignored a serious factor: Way more states are reporting hospitalizations now than were reporting at the April peak.
“The rising hospitalizations reflect the scale of serious illnesses,” the Times said. “Nearly as many people are in hospitals now as there were when New York was at its worst.” The latter part is true. The Times notes that as of July 22, 59,628 people were being treated in hospitals for the Wuhan virus. During the peak of the outbreak on April 15, when New York was the nation’s hot spot, 59,940 were hospitalized for the virus. The data comes from The Atlantic’s COVID Tracking Project, which collects virus data daily from all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., and five U.S. territories.
“[H]ospitalizations may be the clearest measure of how widely the virus is causing the most serious illnesses, and could offer a glimpse of what is ahead,” the New York Times reports.
The problem is that the article’s own source reveals that the spike in numbers can be partly attributed to the fact that Florida, the country’s third-most-populous state, began reporting hospitalizations only two weeks ago, meaning sheer hospitalization numbers are not the clearest measure of the virus’s seriousness— at least not the way the Times compares them.
A deeper dive into the data reveals Florida wasn’t the only addition to hospitalization counts. On April 15, a total of 37 states and territories were included in the near-60,000 hospitalization figure, with New York bearing the brunt of the caseload. July’s so-called spike includes data from 52 states and territories.
The New York Times even mentions Florida’s late data reporting further down in the article, but compares the apples-and-oranges data sets, mischaracterizing July’s numbers as a “surge” and a “spike.” more
Beyond horrifying.
Fuck the ny times: we’re at war.
but, but, …. wait! … didn’t Baby Doc Cuomovirus declare NY has flattened the curve & all is well (now that he’s killed off all those old people sucking $$$ from the state)?
There has been a surge of statistics professors having heart attacks and strokes since February.
OK, OK, I’m searching for my give-a-fucks about the NYT.
………..Bear with me……..I’m looking………
Instead of bragging about numbers, WHY aren’t infected people being treated immediately with one of the meds proven (so far) to ease the virus (remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine)?? Seems like the most obvious thing to do to get seriously ill patients out of the hospital and on with their lives. To me, it seems like it’s a fucking game they’re playing with people’s lives…
This isn’t about treatment, CCNV, even though it should ONLY be about treatment this far into the outbreak. It’s about money for testing and hospitalizations and padding numbers so Democrats can accuse Trump of failure.
The really scary thing is how politically controlled the nation’s public health departments now are.
Nothing about this situation is going to get better soon.
The United States is off it’s rocker.
@Walpurgis:
Only the conservative ones, but they’re afraid to call 911 and “out” themselves.
The main reason is to defraud the feds, and enrich themselves at taxpayer expense.
Come on. AG, get off your FA-Toss!
And why are the lies of the ny times news anymore?
The Times could print an additional paper just for retractions.