This is what they found in NYC, no? Assuming everyone coming into the ER had corona by default.
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Yes, in April and May
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How do they decide who to test in the ER? My son went to an ER in Detroit for a head injury and he was not tested.
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Symptoms? Or contact tracing. How long ago was your son in the hospital
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I was in the hospital this weekend with a heart attack scare, asked repeatedly to be tested and was told no. (
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over-representation of risky behaviours (drink driving, speeding) in the data set.
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No question, but by how much?
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Similar to what we saw in Westchester NY in April. Many COVID diagnoses made on patients presenting to the hospital for unrelated problems.
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The normal models regarding ED capacity don’t hold during COVID-19. Everyone must be treated as though they have the infection and protected from the overflow of patients with the disease who are waiting for inpatient beds or transfer.
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All those people in car crashes were on their way to or from somewhere- including high risk work, bars or beaches.
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“One-third of all patients admitted to the city’s main public hospital over the past two weeks after going to the emergency room for car-crash injuries and other urgent problems have tested positive for the coronavirus.”