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Re:Hospitalizations hit 100k in United States for first time... by thepangolino on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:47AM (#28313648)
What happens is that people get in the hospital for reason xyz and get tested positive as prt of admission protocols.
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Re:Hospitalizations hit 100k in United States for first time... by nradov on Thursday August 26, 2021 @08:49AM (#28314255)
Yes that's very common. Patients are admitted to the hospital for some other condition and then test positive for coronavirus.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/26/exclusive-half-c...

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Re:Hospitalizations hit 100k in United States for first time... by pfdietz on Thursday August 26, 2021 @08:28AM (#28314082)
In my county in west-central NY, all the hospitalized vaccinated people were going to the hospital for some other reason and tested positive at admission. They count as "hospitalized with COVID" even though they are not in the hospital for COVID.
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