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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Saturday January 08, 2022 @11:50PM (#29860256)
NYC just released data that shows 50% of those hospitalized and Covid positive, were not admitted for Covid, but another condition.

Makes you wonder about deaths counts too?

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by pyoeos on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:03AM (#29860341)
Considering how drastic the excess deaths of 2020 and 2021 are relative to previous years, I have a decent amount of faith in the number of deaths reported to be caused by covid.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:16AM (#29861019)
Did you dig into the excess death numbers? A big fraction aren’t covid related, interestingly.

No saying people aren’t dying of Covid, just wondering how accurate the numbers are? And is Covid as the cause correctly attributed?

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by kansface on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:08AM (#29860719)
Tons of people are skipping routine screening and exams. Lots of people are straight up avoiding any medical treatment out of fear of catching Covid. (including routine vaccination!). Raw numbers aren’t helpful here.
Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by ya_throw on Sunday January 09, 2022 @07:13AM (#29862584)
We also have data here in the UK, that somewhere near 35% of cases were contracted in hospital.
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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:17AM (#29861027)
They were yet to be diagnosed when they went into hospital.

That’s my point. They are hospitalized (had a condition that required admission), but not because of Covid.

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by AnotherGoodName on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:01AM (#29861624)
Of course they weren't. It takes a while for a PCR test result. When someone comes in with "Respiratory problems" on admittance that's not a surprise that they are not diagnosed with COVID immediately is it?
Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:19AM (#29861732)
The data is “admitted due to Covid or complication of Covid”, so presumably they filtered out the “breathing difficulty” cases”?

The number I’m quoting is “% Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission”.

I’m not paraphrasing here, but simiplying repeating what the NY state Governor is saying? Still disinformation?

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-updates-new...

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by chrissnell on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:55AM (#29860644)
If HN turns into the thought police when it comes to COVID, that would be a very bad sign for this site.

Don't you understand where all of the animosity from so many people comes from? It comes out of disdain for people like you, who suggest that other opinions and interpretations of statistics are wrongthink and that wrongthink must be punished.

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by AnotherGoodName on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:58AM (#29860665)
In this case though a user has tried to link something as obvious as "hospitals don't know on admission that you have covid, they just know you're sick" to try to claim that there's some conspiracy.

It's a clear attempt at misinformation and should not be tolerated.

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:19AM (#29861042)
Huh?

These people went to the hospital and were admitted for X. X being any number of medical conditions requiring hospitalization. You can be admitted for the reason “person is sick”, you need some diagnosis or complaint, however vague

They later tested positive for Covid.

How is that misinformation?

If people come to the hospital with complaints of fever or breathing difficulties, they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive.

I’d say it’s misinformation to claim those people were hospitalized because of covid, which is what the original reporting suggested.

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by AnotherGoodName on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:02AM (#29861638)
> they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive.

No they don't. Admission is done immediately. No doctor is going to wait for a test result before admitting a patient suffering respiratory problems.

Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by refurb on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:22AM (#29861748)
They excluded “complications of Covid” so positive test wasn’t needed, could be suspected Covid as well.

Are you really that shocked that people are being hospitalized for reasons other than Covid? I mean, do you think people who have Covid and another problem just don’t go to the hospital?