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That would surprise me greatly. The one example is an ER doc who says there was 3 instead of 1 in a county? What is the implication here, complicit participatio
by hashmymustache 7y ago
That would surprise me greatly. The one example is an ER doc who says there was 3 instead of 1 in a county? What is the implication here, complicit participation of all healthcare workers in a political scheme to undersell deaths while screaming for more resources? Incompetent testing? Poor reporting? We report every death to the medical examiner regardless, this would come up and be strictly tracked, even after the fact if the test results later. Would be nice to have evidence of a discrepancy to go off, otherwise I worry this just spreads fear.
- NotTheDr01ds 7y agoSome of the confusion is that cases are reported in the county of residence, not the county of the hospital where they are being treated. I've had to correct multiple people who felt the "official numbers are wrong because Foo Hospital in Bar County reported treating 'x' confirmed cases, but the state's website only shows 'y' for Bar County. It's likely that the doctor that was quoted in the article fell victim to that misunderstanding. On a related topic, it would be nice if the ER doctors, nurses, and hospitals were doing a better job of reporting the county-of-residence. Here in Georgia, we have 166 cases where the county is "unknown" (out of 1525) as of noon's report.