Economy 53,188 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, SamanthaC said: It's like that everywhere in the US at least. My husband did a story (he's a reporter for the local news) on that today about how you can't get a test for like a week. And stores are sold out of the at home tests. In my country were hitting around 20,000 a day now which may not seem like much but its by far the most weve ever had and they are talking about how thats no where near the real number as testing capacity is full Many ppl simply arent bothering to get tested even if they are symptomatic given wait times As such a huge number if cases arent being registered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 115,347 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, Economy said: In my country were hitting around 20,000 a day now which may not seem like much but its by far the most weve ever had and they are talking about how thats no where near the real number as testing capacity is full Many ppl simply arent bothering to get tested even if they are symptomatic given wait times As such a huge number if cases arent being registered If you're vaccinated, by the time you get tested you may not even test positive. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeoz 7,915 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, SamanthaC said: It's like that everywhere in the US at least. My husband did a story (he's a reporter for the local news) on that today about how you can't get a test for like a week. And stores are sold out of the at home tests. I live in San Antonio and anywhere you have to get an appointment is booked for the next week, I went to a drive-thru testing site the other day and even though I showed up 15 minutes before it opened, there was a line curving around 2 blocks, it was a 6 1/2 hour wait until I finally got my test (I passed with flying colors ). All at home tests are sold out here as well. The only places that dont have a large wait are the ones that dont publicly advertise at all and are only known by word of mouth/people who see them passing by in their cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachinko 10,775 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Time to fly to Miami for New Years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,188 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Hopefully the news is indeed good but weve known for sometime theres a 7-10 day lag in infections and hospitalizations Id give it a few more days before throwing up the fireworks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 175,115 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 5 hours ago, Economy said: Hopefully the news is indeed good but weve known for sometime theres a 7-10 day lag in infections and hospitalizations Id give it a few more days before throwing up the fireworks That's why I put "potentially good news" and "tentative proof" in the OP In other news, my co-worker decided she will get her second shot but everywhere here is so booked with vaccine appointments that she was unable to which I guess is also a good thing? Vaccination rates are going up too Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 175,115 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 6:36 PM, PartySick said: The association reports 2,075 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, compared to 17,121 reported on Aug. 23, when delta reached its peak. Hospitalizations are up to 4,001 now I believe the data from the OP is from the 23rd (though I'm having a bit of trouble making sense of the timeline so if anyone cares enough to correct me, do so please). If that is right, then hospitalizations have doubled in a week however, that's still an improvement on delta's ratio of cases vs hospitalizations. So far. Let's keep watching. This hell hole state can be the control group for totally unmitigated omicron spread Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,188 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, PartySick said: That's why I put "potentially good news" and "tentative proof" in the OP In other news, my co-worker decided she will get her second shot but everywhere here is so booked with vaccine appointments that she was unable to which I guess is also a good thing? Vaccination rates are going up too I just mean i wouldnt even call it potentially. Because of the lag theres no way the increases would lead to increased hospitalizations immediately so the way i see it this data so far means absolutelty nothing. At least not for a few more days However data in other places that got a surge earlier does support this so far. So id point to those and so far its more or less promissing Edit: i guess omicron made hesitant ppl rethink vaccines or did some policy or mandate cause that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 175,115 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, PartySick said: Let's keep watching. This hell hole state can be the control group for totally unmitigated omicron spread @Economy Florida is the perfect petri dish Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I read op as "good news, dead floridians" and I was..... not mad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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