So no data again. Post after post is proven to be bullshit and you must know this one is, too. 15% of hospitals supposedly don't take Medicaid or Medicare. Uh huh.
Let's see if you understand basic math... According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 325 hospitals in Florida in 2020. According to the HHS Covid hospitalization portal for Florida -- "This number is based on 265 hospitals reporting 43,576 inpatient beds in use and 57,412 total inpatient beds.' Let's see if you understand that 265 / 325 is actually only 81.5% of the hospital in Florida reporting. Worse than we thought.
Lets see if you understand critical thinking (we already know you don't)... the first line you list which is a Wiki article links to the AHD, but includes ALL types of hospitals: https://www.ahd.com/list_cms.php?su...city=&mstate[]=FL&mzip=&mphone=&fipscounty[]= Like psychiatric hospitals or rehab hospitals and the like. This is very different from "Acute care" hospitals that would treat COVID patients. In fact, if you look at the list on the Wiki article YOU provided, there are ~253 acute care hospitals listed. So yeah, they aren't going to have psych or rehabs in there, or the like. And they shouldn't.
Good luck with your assertions -- why are there 265 hospitals reporting if there are only 253 acute care hospitals in the state. While there may be a few facilities on the list not directly involved in Covid care (psychiatric) -- it probably only means that the 85% which has been provided to the media many times is correct rather than 81.5% from this calculation.
That's why I put "~253" because it depends on how you define an acute care hospital. Face it, you're wrong. Like, again. It's a regular occurrence with you.
Let's take a look at how things are going for hospitals in Florida as Covid cases and hospitalizations go through the roof. Keep in mind that the DeSantis administration is directly responsible for this problem. There is a need to use proper public health measures to flatten the curve when hospitals are being overwhelmed and cannot provide other services. We will start with an example of just one hospital but we are seeing similar issues at many Florida hospitals. Covid surge shuts down baby delivery unit at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hospital Holy Cross Health is temporarily halting services for pregnant women hoping to give birth there because of staffing shortages amid a surge in statewide infections, a spokesperson said. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-surge-shuts-baby-delivery-unit-fort-lauderdale-florida-hospital-rcna10721 A South Florida hospital has temporarily shuttered its labor and delivery unit amid an increase in Covid-19 cases causing "critical staffing levels," a spokesperson said. Pregnant women planning to give birth at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale will have to seek accommodations elsewhere, the hospital said in a statement Monday to NBC News. "Due to the COVID-19 surge, Holy Cross Health has reached critical staffing levels in Labor and Delivery. In the best interest of patient safety, the Labor and Delivery unit is on diversion until further notice. The NICU and Post-Partum remain open," the statement said. "People are out sick due to the surge in Covid cases," Holy Cross spokesperson Christine Walker added in an interview with NBC Miami. The omicron variant last month overtook delta as the dominant coronavirus variant in the U.S. less than three weeks after the country’s first omicron infection was confirmed. As of Dec. 17, more than 73 percent of new cases in the country, had been caused by the omicron variant, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida has seen some of the worst infection spikes in the country over the past two weeks. As of Monday morning, there have been 474,679 Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks. That represents a 119 percent increase over one week, and an 878 percent surge over the past two weeks. The two-week uptick in Florida is the worst in the country among states during that period. Only the U.S. territories, the U.S. Virgin Islands, which saw a 2,142 percent increase, and Puerto Rico, with a 1,355 percent increase in the past two weeks, have higher increases.
Fortunately the Florida Hospital Association is resuming Covid reporting after seeing that DeSantis' state government once again won't lift a finger to help. Florida Hospital Association Restarts Daily Monitoring of COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Facilities Readying Surge Plans https://blogmickey.com/2021/12/flor...italizations-facilities-readying-surge-plans/ As COVID-19 cases surge in Florida, likely due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Florida Hospital Association has restarted daily monitoring of COVID-19 hospitalizations and resource usage after stopping the daily releases back in mid-October. “At this stage, we are seeing a slight increase in COVID hospitalizations after many weeks of extremely low hospitalizations. But with the significant number of daily cases and the challenging workforce shortages, hospitals are monitoring these trends closely and readying their surge plans,” said Mary C. Mayhew, President and CEO, Florida Hospital Association. “Based on the experiences in other countries and in other states that have been hit by this latest variant, we are optimistic that the Omicron variant will result in less severe illness. Unfortunately, omicron appears to be more contagious and still could lead to increased hospitalizations simply because of the volume of individuals affected. Currently, the numbers are still relatively small compared to what we experienced during the delta surge this summer, and hospitals statewide have significant bed availability to treat COVID and non-COVID patients. Throughout the pandemic, hospitals have been able to demonstrate their ability to respond to COVID while maintaining excellent quality of care, and we are confident those standards will be upheld.” As of December 27th, there were 2,075 hospitalizations due to Omicron. At the peak of the Delta surge this summer, there were 17,121 recorded hospitalizations on a single day. Delta started relatively slow, taking more than a month to break through the 2,000 hospitalization barrier before a steep climb to the peak on August 23rd. Vaccination remains the best protection against hospitalization and severe illness if infected. The Florida Hospital Association urges individuals to get vaccinated and get the booster to reduce hospitalizations and ultimately save lives.
Spotted: NPC in the wild! Makes fun of articles posted from Substack, but articles from "BlogMickey" are just fine.
Quoting the statement from the Florida Hospital Association in detail — while providing context. Don’t like the source — well simply click the link to the FHA website they provided.
I don't have any problems with your sources. It is YOU who always has a problem with MY sources. And even when my sources quote CDC or other government or medical professionals, you STILL ignore it an rag on the source. You're a total hypocrite. You're an NPC. I don't attack people who write stuff. I challenge the stuff they write if I disagree with it. This is something you should learn to do, rather than simply just discredit people because you don't like what they say.