Covid 6/29/20

This is incredulous if even halfway right – https://youtu.be/UIDsKdeFOmQ

The first part shows a case where patients are being declared covid when not likely – worse yet non-covid mixed with covid patients. Also around 15 min shows a case where there is a treatment controversy.

Around 40 min a discussion on HCQ and zinc….shows the Houston local news story on HCQ and zinc which never made national news

I am concerned about my personal confirmation bias in this video. Very early on I said whatever you do don’t get on the ventilator – this video highlights why. My concern came from the data and the very poor success rate of ventilators – not the thought that there was a bias to push ventilators.

I have noted HCQ and zinc, vitamin C and D as a worthwhile risk/reward – they note that in this video.

But never in my wildest dream would I even think there could be a systematic process to kill people in the USA. I have been saying for weeks there is something seriously wrong in NY too much of an outlier unfortunately this video supports some of this. In the end her conclusion is the need to generate revenue for the hospitals in NYC particularly public hospitals that caused a systematic bias to diagnose covid – to admit patients even though not needed – treatment plan driven off money….Perhaps her perspective is jaded and she doesn’t understand the bigger picture. It would be nice that someone would explain the bigger picture.

Should be able to support/refute some of her claims by graphing public hospital vs. private hospitals in terms of admission and treatment plans – if large disparity than this would support her claims. Now who has this data? Clearly a hot topic will be the discussion of public or private hospitals and whether pandemics as such one can have private hospitals – but IF public hospital incentives are skewed results could be devastating to.

On a brighter note Sunday reporting are always good. Brazil tops death but only 552 – US way down at 264

CA leads the US death but at only 33. Another large day of confirmation in FL.

The good thing going for FL is they are confirming but the hospitalization rates are dropping. On a 7 day moving average they are down to less than 4% of those getting confirmed get hospitalized. Datafeed below still only to 6/26

Almost 25% of FL confirmation from Miami-Dade County

Miami Dade is seeing a continuous drop in fatality rate. Perhaps we can argue a delay – but the confirmations have been rising exponentially since Jun 11th and even on a 2-4 wk delay confirmation delay death rates have edge down somewhat at the very least held steady.

Overall Italy has a fatality rate of 14.5% – however of recent on a 2-4wk delay of confirmation those are only seeing less than 5% fatality rate. Two things likely happening the more vulnerable are being better quarantine and an improvement on treatment.