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Coronavirus Facts and Information thread:
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Germany goes into hard lockdown from from 16 December to 10 January following rapid rise in cases
Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown over Christmas
Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown over Christmas
I don't know if anyone reported this before here, but today the disparity between Johns Hopkins numbers and Wordometer was so great that I did some research The mystery behind the data aggregation site Worldometer
I suspect that the errors/curation issues that were noted in May still exist.
I suspect that the errors/curation issues that were noted in May still exist.
'Mom's worth it': US holiday travel surges despite outbreak
I wouldn't want to travel on a plane these days.
I wouldn't want to travel on a plane these days.
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Question Everything
I wondered. "Capacity" is tricky because it's more than beds is part of the answer. But I think they overcomplicated the calculation.
How can California have 0% ICU capacity and 1,300 available ICU beds?
CDPH says it calculates the adjusted ICU capacity based on the proportion of ICU patients who have COVID-19. “If a region is utilizing more than 30% of its ICU beds for COVID-19 positive patients, then its available ICU capacity is adjusted downward by 0.5% for each 1% over the 30% threshold,” according to the CDPH office of public affairs.
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Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s Health and Human Services secretary, addressed the adjustment during Tuesday’s COVID update. “When we have seen hospitals with ICU capacity used up for COVID above 30% we consider… that region’s ICU capacity really ill-prepared to serve and support individuals with other sorts of urgent and emergent needs, like heart attacks, strokes, other trauma.”
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Adjusted or unadjusted, health experts say ICU capacity is a highly fluid number that also factors in the availability of ICU nurses, necessary equipment, and suitable space — not simply beds. Ultimately, experts say, capacity can be increased some, but gauging capacity is an essential tool to monitor how much we’re straining the system.
How can California have 0% ICU capacity and 1,300 available ICU beds?
CDPH says it calculates the adjusted ICU capacity based on the proportion of ICU patients who have COVID-19. “If a region is utilizing more than 30% of its ICU beds for COVID-19 positive patients, then its available ICU capacity is adjusted downward by 0.5% for each 1% over the 30% threshold,” according to the CDPH office of public affairs.
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Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s Health and Human Services secretary, addressed the adjustment during Tuesday’s COVID update. “When we have seen hospitals with ICU capacity used up for COVID above 30% we consider… that region’s ICU capacity really ill-prepared to serve and support individuals with other sorts of urgent and emergent needs, like heart attacks, strokes, other trauma.”
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Adjusted or unadjusted, health experts say ICU capacity is a highly fluid number that also factors in the availability of ICU nurses, necessary equipment, and suitable space — not simply beds. Ultimately, experts say, capacity can be increased some, but gauging capacity is an essential tool to monitor how much we’re straining the system.