Covid-19

[Muskie in dayton]

I keep hearing this theory and it laughable to me that a hospital would take the risk of faking a COVID result in order to get the 20% surplus from Medicaid on that patient. Has there been any proof to this?

If there was any truth to this you would be seeing whistleblowers left and right filing false claims act cases. They can be giant money makers for both the attorney and the whistleblower. So if you know someone, please have them reach out to me, I would be happy to cash in on that case.

See post 2199.

[Lloyd Braun]

See post 2199.

Summary for those without an hour to watch a video? TIA!

[STL_XUfan]

Summary for those without an hour to watch a video? TIA!

A quick google showed it was being pushed by Info Wars, which was enough information to decide not to waste an hour of my life.

[Masterofreality]

Summary for those without an hour to watch a video? TIA!

But, it's NOT too much information, Lloyd. You as a medical guy NEEDS to watch this.
The subject is Elmhurst Hospital and the interviewee is a former Army woman who became a nurse and came to New York from Florida to help out with the hospitals up there. She has an incredibly revealing interview where she mixes in actual on the job video where she flatly states that only 50% of the patients in Elmhurst were Covid positive but the hospital was reporting 100% Covid occupancy. This hospital actually mixed non-Covid patients with Covid positive patients....in the same room!
There was a clear financial incentive to do this. $29,000 per Covid patient was extra money due the hospital if they were classified as Covid.

So, Lloyd. Please watch and I'll be interested in your response.

[Masterofreality]

A quick google showed it was being pushed by Info Wars, which was enough information to decide not to waste an hour of my life.

Ok, censor yourself, but if you really want to learn about reality, you should watch it and comment.
The interviewee, Erin Olzewski is credible and has on the job secret video that proves her statements.
#FactsMatter

[xu82]

I know we’ve covered this before but Georgia’s reporting is intentionally lagged and somewhat skewed. I think their trend on deaths is downward but it’s hard to tell. This graph has more real-time data.
Also check out hospitalizations, as there is a slight upward trend recently. I don’t think it’s unexpected or something to really freak out about but it is not a trend that is truly downward.

Also for good comparison, change the states to see how everyone is doing. Arizona, Florida, Texas, Ohio, California, New York etc are states I find interesting for various reasons.

I personally really don’t pay much attention to new cases unless there’s an unexplained major spike, which I feel has helped my own perspective on the disease state. I can say that locally in NEO we have seen a pretty drastic decline in hospitalizations and deaths yet continued positive testing even in symptomatic patients. So perhaps there is even some regional changes/mutation to the virus itself that we are not seeing (purely speculation on my part). I truly believe we have vastly underestimated the effectiveness in masking/distancing more so than overestimated the serious effects of the virus.

Yeah, Ive seen some other general data but I don’t have a link, sorry. I was responding to GO about hoping the deaths are not just lagging behind all these new cases. I’m also wondering if we’ve made any improvements in treatment as they’ve gained more experience. The only thing I can hang my hat on is deaths. Too many other ways to skew the numbers, but dead is dead. I hope that category stays looking positive, obviously.

[Lloyd Braun]

But, it's NOT too much information, Lloyd. You as a medical guy NEEDS to watch this.
The subject is Elmhurst Hospital and the interviewee is a former Army woman who became a nurse and came to New York from Florida to help out with the hospitals up there. She has an incredibly revealing interview where she mixes in actual on the job video where she flatly states that only 50% of the patients in Elmhurst were Covid positive but the hospital was reporting 100% Covid occupancy. This hospital actually mixed non-Covid patients with Covid positive patients....in the same room!
There was a clear financial incentive to do this. $29,000 per Covid patient was extra money due the hospital if they were classified as Covid.

So, Lloyd. Please watch and I'll be interested in your response.

I watched 25 minutes of it and even though my bullshit radar went off after 45 seconds, I continued to watch. She does not know intensive care medicine at all, and when directly asked a question about critical care or specifics of treatment she looks away from the camera (poor body language) and then starts to spew BS such as Dentists ordering ventilator pressures. After googling her name my suspicions were confirmed as she has a book now released after this video. There are anonymous accounts on this website which I believe to be true accounts based on watching half the video and reading these anonymous accounts.

As always, there’s an alternate agenda with most everyone looking for attention. We may not come to the same conclusion, which is fine, but I urge you to read these accounts and refute them such as I watched the video.

[Muskie in dayton]

I watched 25 minutes of it and even though my bullshit radar went off after 45 seconds, I continued to watch. She does not know intensive care medicine at all, and when directly asked a question about critical care or specifics of treatment she looks away from the camera (poor body language) and then starts to spew BS such as Dentists ordering ventilator pressures. After googling her name my suspicions were confirmed as she has a book now released after this video. There are anonymous accounts on this website which I believe to be true accounts based on watching half the video and reading these anonymous accounts.

As always, there’s an alternate agenda with most everyone looking for attention. We may not come to the same conclusion, which is fine, but I urge you to read these accounts and refute them such as I watched the video.

Well that debunked that one. At least she was easy on the eyes - I don’t feel like it was a totally wasted hour.

[Lloyd Braun]

Well that debunked that one. At least she was easy on the eyes - I don’t feel like it was a totally wasted hour.

Actually that was my first thought, that she was attractive and would be a perfect Fox News expert correspondent. And that was before I researched her!

[noteggs]

Actually that was my first thought, that she was attractive and would be a perfect Fox News expert correspondent. And that was before I researched her!

Wow! Interesting take...