[COVID NEWS] The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:29pm |

This linked Atlantic article is free access. [Previous thread of Covid News 11/20 thru 3 PM on 12/4 is here.]

"Americans are dying of COVID-19 who, had they gotten sick a month earlier, would have lived."

It is happening. Hospitals are being overwhelmed.

Present tense, not future.

Read @alexismadrigal and @yayitsrob's latest. https://t.co/iYTo3np7Pz
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) December 4, 2020

URL:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/the-worst-case-scenario-is-happening-hospitals-are-overwhelmed/617301/

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We warned about this. It was utterly foreseeable. I wrote this 2.5 weeks ago.

Here's the thing: hospitalization data are like a smoke alarm that detects smoke from several weeks ago.

When it goes off, your house is already burning down.https://t.co/UV5EKTMrQ5
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) December 4, 2020

I just saw someone argue that this reflects a failure of hospitals to prepare for the winter, so I'm just going to re-up this piece about what's happening to perhaps the best-prepared hospital in the country, and then scream into the void again. https://t.co/Y1oQv8YiPp
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) December 4, 2020

Seems to me docs should use EARLY at home evidence-based #COVID treatment strategies to keep pts out of hospital. Like Dr Peter McCullough’s, Vice Chief of Medicine at Baylor U Med Center. See @cov19treatments Addresses 3 issues 1)antiviral 2)ant-inflammatory 3) antithrombotic pic.twitter.com/U1Bqz8SitT
— A.Genova MD (@amgenova) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:36pm

the current life of home health aides:

Multiple showers, multiple buses, multiple patients, multiple masks and gloves https://t.co/VnEsQhufIY
— NYT Metro (@NYTMetro) December 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:52pm

10 countries, 1 outlier pic.twitter.com/iGgLyFEbkn
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:27pm

Health care workers have fought to save lives during the pandemic even as many are struggling with staff shortages, mental health challenges and burnout. https://t.co/LhNOr3x6F5 - @NBCNightlyNews
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2020

I am not ashamed to admit I am afraid to access a lot of health care for the next few months. It's not their fault, but still...

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 1:20am

LA’s mayor sounds the alarm tonight on a meteoric rise of Covid-19 cases:

“This is the greatest threat to life in Los Angeles that we have ever faced,” he said at a news conference.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 5, 2020

LA reported a record number of new cases today, shattering all-time highs it previously set two other times this week.

Hospitalizations have now broken records for four straight days.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 5, 2020

Garcetti said today's numbers — more than 8,800 new cases — would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago. There have now been more cases this week than in the entire month of October.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 5, 2020

The number of people hospitalized in LA County — America’s most populated with 10 million residents — has tripled in the last week, and hospitals are expected to run out of beds in two to four weeks if cases continue to rise at their current rate, Garcetti said tonight.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 1:35am

Southern California lost 7.5% of its ICU capacity in one day. At this rate beds will be full before the weekend is up. https://t.co/NTmBQnTBUE
— Hayes Davenport (@hayesdavenport) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 3:56am

Dr. Eric Fiegel-Ding announces new national Covid Action Group, see whole thread:

New—I’m pleased to announce that to fight the pandemic, we formed a specia group to support Biden on #COVID19 pandemic response, a multidisciplinary task force called the ‘COVID ACTION GROUP’.

Here is our piece in USA Today. @yaneerbaryam @AliNouriPhD https://t.co/NoBHm1Gt6i
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 1:43am

How Florida Gov. DeSantis misled the public on COVID crisis - South Florida Sun-Sentinel https://t.co/5Xe3SQFrlS
— Andy Slavitt @ (@ASlavitt) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 1:47am

The United States tallied a record 228,767 new coronavirus cases today.

That is one-third of all the new cases reported on Earth.https://t.co/74QzWYbn1p
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 2:02am

WATCH: Romney blasts Trump's lack of leadership during pandemic: "It's a great human tragedy" https://t.co/BuNh6gkuxf pic.twitter.com/GcVTeZpjcy
— The Hill (@thehill) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 3:07am

Pass this on, post it on your Facebook or whatever

Folks—a “heated” tent outside is **NOT** considered an “outdoor” venue for safe #COVID19 risk. Don’t be cowboy cavalier about this. https://t.co/YjJah3bGTG
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 5:48pm

and I see my crush Ken has another good one to pass on:

Trump has 3ED.
Erectile Dysfunction
Electile Dysfunction
and on 1/20/21,
Ejectile Dysfunction https://t.co/8BDyqjG4J8
— ken olin (@kenolin1) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 5:50pm

ugh Fauci thinks we'll be in this hell until third quarter of 2021

"The country's daily case count is estimated to peak on January 20... at around 448,000."https://t.co/IqhdBQIXYm
— Branko Milanovic (@BrankoMilan) December 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/06/2020 - 12:33am

“I’m trying not to panic, but where am I supposed to go? It’s not like I can jump up and make a run for it. I’m in a wheelchair. I haven’t been outside for months. I’m trapped, just like everybody else in this place. We’re at the mercy of this virus.”https://t.co/F4Sb0YE1F4
— Annia Ciezadlo (@annia) December 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 12:34am

Senator Schatz:

This is deeply irresponsible and will cause people to die. https://t.co/snKTurQ9uV
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 12:38am

SCOOP from @tylerpager: Biden selects Rochelle Walensky to lead CDChttps://t.co/YGNskQJ90l
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) December 7, 2020

Her twitter account:

https://twitter.com/RWalensky

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 1:04am

The Oregon Medical Board suspended the license of a doctor who boasted onstage at a “Stop the Steal” rally that his clinic never used masks. LINK: https://t.co/ijth4eODze https://t.co/1VU0dKxKra
— Suzette Smith (@suzettesmith) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 3:59am

Holy shit. Rebekah Jones, the whistleblower who refused to fake COVID data in Florida, had her house raided this morning at gunpoint, and all of her technology seized.

For telling the truth. This is insane. https://t.co/L0K9XSlefQ
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) December 7, 2020

BREAKING: State police raid home of @GeoRebekah, the COVID data whistleblower, suspecting her of hacking Florida’s emergency alert system w/ @anaceballos_ https://t.co/Haj8UiEhwe
— Mary Ellen Klas (@MaryEllenKlas) December 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 6:29pm

Obviously Rebekah-Jones-raid related

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by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 10:18pm

My resignation letter to Governor Desantis. pic.twitter.com/Wc78tgr6Ef
— Ron F. (@RonGOPVet4Biden) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 12:34pm

This is actually a better source of information about the vaccination "plan" than the Federal Government, which hasn't explained much of how they intend to actually get this done. https://t.co/OBkMHehPMf
— JP (@jpglutting) December 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 6:38pm

Some believe the arrival of three promising coronavirus vaccines will hasten the end of the pandemic, write Achal Prabhala, @arjun_jayadev and @DeanBaker13. "But this is not the beginning of the end; it is only the beginning of an endless wait." https://t.co/zPWu3m4Lgc
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 10:48pm

Really tight race on Covid deaths at the moment but it seems like America will pull into a decisive lead soon pic.twitter.com/npw70JN5HS
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 11:09pm

.@JoeBiden: “100 million shots in the first 100 days.”
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 1:58pm

#EmergencyAlert trending on Twitter, apparently because everyone in California just got one:

If you had told me a year ago that this would be an emergency alert on my phone - to stay inside because the virus is spreading rapidly - I can’t even begin to imagine what would go through my head. pic.twitter.com/0pFcJ9HYWr
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 3:15pm

Me seeing everyone at the mall rn shopping reading the emergency alert like pic.twitter.com/ZbLxOU5cy7
— lyssa (@ulyssaah) December 8, 2020

Me: *catching up on work at home*

California Emergency Alert: *REALLY LOUD ALERT*

Me: pic.twitter.com/gMmMWsHZGZ
— Kathryn Mudgway (@KathrynMudgway) December 8, 2020

Getting that emergency alert knowing that I haven't left my house since last month pic.twitter.com/ykTapdbExW
— aster happy holidays ! (@kinjkihu) December 8, 2020

Getting the emergency alert about COVID and I haven’t even left my house since April pic.twitter.com/KyXVhAnL0T
— Emily (@em2d2) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 4:02pm

on how there's plenty of blame to go around, that it's not just Trump:

Agree. Trump’s overt clowning and utter lack of basic empathy serves to obscure a much larger set of institutional failures.

Tomorrow’s post is on one piece of this. https://t.co/oXzSwavChx
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 8, 2020

(think article will still be free access? it's through this week?)

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 4:28pm

Pfizer’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection After First Dose "an A+ report card” for a vaccine-

The Food and Drug Administration’s first analysis of the clinical trial data also found that the coronavirus vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer’s race, weight or age.

by Noah Weiland & Carl Zimmer @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 8

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong protection against Covid-19 within about 10 days of the first dose, according to documents published on Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration before a meeting of its vaccine advisory group.

The finding is one of several significant new results featured in the briefing materials, which include more than 100 pages of data analyses from the agency and from Pfizer. Last month, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their two-dose vaccine had an efficacy rate of 95 percent after two doses administered three weeks apart. The new analyses show that the protection starts kicking in far earlier.

What’s more, the vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer’s race, weight or age. While the trial did not find any serious adverse events caused by the vaccine, many participants did experience aches, fevers and other side effects.

“This is what an A+ report card looks like for a vaccine,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University. [.....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 4:58pm

Last night, one of my (many) patients with COVID told me she had a large Thanksgiving dinner with family—22 people. The day after, one family member tested positive. Since then (according to my patient) *ALL* 22 people have developed symptoms, some severe.

We are so tired. pic.twitter.com/RQ9TvUPnvC
— Rebecca Karb (@DrKarb) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 9:16pm

"It was not this vice alone that grew, but to all to which human nature is generally liable: especially the vice which today also overthrows the place that appertains to all good in the island, that is to say, hatred of truth together with those who defend it, love of falsehood together with its fabricators, undertaking evil for good, respect for wickedness rather than for kindness."

The Trump administration and its toadies?

Anyone wonder by whom, where and when it was written?

by NCD on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 9:37pm

[COVID NEWS] The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point

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