Yes. We are on our own now. Try not to die. I suffer from Long Covid. Try not to get that.
Ask HN: Is the USA in a silent Covid wave?
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Re: Ask HN: Is the USA in a silent Covid wave?
#23Cases are up. Hospitalizations are up. Deaths were falling but have levelled off. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_s... Scroll down to the map and see how much of the country has "high" rates of community transmission, meaning more than 100 new cases per 100,000 population in the last week. If your news sources are not telling you about it, I recommend Violet Blue's Patreon (free), where she…
The CDC page you linked has graphs and stats of patients "with covid". I don't care much about that. I want to know hospitalizations FROM covid. Where can I get that?
If cases are up, and hospitalizations are trending up strongly, why do you think they are uncorrelated? You think covid suddenly got less dangerous, and something else started putting people in the hospital who happen to have covid?
Re: Ask HN: Is the USA in a silent Covid wave?
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The CDC page you linked has graphs and stats of patients "with covid". I don't care much about that. I want to know hospitalizations FROM covid. Where can I get that?
If cases are up, and hospitalizations are trending up strongly, why do you think they are uncorrelated? You think covid suddenly got less dangerous, and something else started putting people in the hospital who happen to have covid?
I think the data might be poor. The uncorrelated question is a strawman since I didn't write that.
Denmark gets it:
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/why-denmarks-covid-deaths-h...
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What could have been done differently ? What should we do diffidently going forward ?
In the beginning, we could have made a far stronger effort at containment, with a goal of Covid zero. Going forward, we need to monitor for cases of Long Covid and other post-infection complications. We also need to implement a social support system for those affected. Shifting our framing of healthcare from a source of profit, to a vital part of our national security, might not be a horrible idea either.
Disclaimer so I don't sound like a troll: I figure I had what appeared to be "long COVID". I got COVID in March 2020 and within 24 hours, went from very highly cardio fit to perma-tired with what felt like half the lung capacity[1] that, long story short, lasted almost a year and required a significant amount of self-rehabilitation[2] efforts on my part to fix. I seem to be doing mostly fine now.
Now...
I try not to get into discussions about COVID with people, because it's so fraught with politics and misinformation, but when I do it seems like most people I engage with on the topic of COVID claim they have long COVID. Hell, I try not to mention my own "long COVID" experience, but when I do, people are dubious about my claims.
So, how do you quantify those who are affected versus those who've just been inactive during the pandemic and are really out of shape?
> Shifting our framing of healthcare from a source of profit, to a vital part of our national security, might not be a horrible idea either.
1. Fluid, apparently, because I kept coughing that up for the next 8 months or so. Eventually, it cleared.
2. Very gradual cardio starting with quarter mile walks, pathetically enough. Also, deep breathing and diaphragm exercises.
Re: Ask HN: Is the USA in a silent Covid wave?
#27My person opinion; The number of cases is the least interesting statistic, and almost certainly the most inaccurate. Anecdotally people who get symptoms don't bother to test because, why would you[3]? Most cases are no worse than a common cold.[4] The really important numbers are hospitalizations, and deaths. And from a personal point of view, I'd like to know the vaccination status and comorbidity status of deaths.…
I agree with most of what you said but when you compare COVID to malaria (at least in the US) it’s a bit silly. Malaria kills ~5 a year, COVID has killed ~500,000 and had life-long impacts on many more.