(11-29-2020, 02:13 PM)lex24 Wrote: One of the things that galls me about the orders (especially at the County level) are the lack of questions being asked. All we get is generalities. Which tells us very little.
Questions that I think we deserve answers to:
1. Who are the people being hospitalized? Demographics- age, gender, comorbidities (or lack thereof) socioeconomic status. In real numbers. Historically and this last month.
2. Same questions as to those that are dying.
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I think we have a right to know the specifics. Without them, I think the public is not served. And I think the result is more and more will tune out. (Beyond the basics of masks, social distancing, avoiding large gatherings, washing hands.)
Why do you complain that something isn't there when it is? At least, we have that for the cases and deaths. Is it super important to distinguish hospitalizations? Essentially every county is providing case & death demographics, the states provide it, and the CDC and others provide it nationally. I suspect it is available for most countries & the world in total.
When you get down to the level of hospitalization in a county and start subdividing it (for instance, how many also have cancer and are in the ICU), you start getting to the point at which individuals can be associated with characteristics.
If you want to look at hospitalization numbers specifically, here's detail but from March
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915e3.htm
You can look at age & ethnicity year to date here
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco...index.html
If you want trends over time for hospitalizations by age, use this
https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_3.html