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If HN turns into the thought police when it comes to COVID, that would be a very bad sign for this site. Don't you understand where all of the animosity from s

If HN turns into the thought police when it comes to COVID, that would be a very bad sign for this site. Don't you understand where all of the animosity from so many people comes from? It comes out of disdain for people like you, who suggest that other opinions and interpretations of statistics are wrongthink and that wrongthink must be punished.

AnotherGoodName 5y ago
In this case though a user has tried to link something as obvious as "hospitals don't know on admission that you have covid, they just know you're sick" to try to claim that there's some conspiracy. It's a clear attempt at misinformation and should not be tolerated.
- refurb 5y ago
  Huh? These people went to the hospital and were admitted for X. X being any number of medical conditions requiring hospitalization. You can be admitted for the reason “person is sick”, you need some diagnosis or complaint, however vague They later tested positive for Covid. How is that misinformation? If people come to the hospital with complaints of fever or breathing difficulties, they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive. I’d say it’s misinformation to claim those people were hospitalized because of covid, which is what the original reporting suggested.
  - AnotherGoodName 5y ago
    > they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive. No they don't. Admission is done immediately. No doctor is going to wait for a test result before admitting a patient suffering respiratory problems.
    - refurb 5y ago
      They excluded “complications of Covid” so positive test wasn’t needed, could be suspected Covid as well. Are you really that shocked that people are being hospitalized for reasons other than Covid? I mean, do you think people who have Covid and another problem just don’t go to the hospital?

AnotherGoodName 5y ago

In this case though a user has tried to link something as obvious as "hospitals don't know on admission that you have covid, they just know you're sick" to try to claim that there's some conspiracy. It's a clear attempt at misinformation and should not be tolerated.

refurb 5y ago
Huh? These people went to the hospital and were admitted for X. X being any number of medical conditions requiring hospitalization. You can be admitted for the reason “person is sick”, you need some diagnosis or complaint, however vague They later tested positive for Covid. How is that misinformation? If people come to the hospital with complaints of fever or breathing difficulties, they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive. I’d say it’s misinformation to claim those people were hospitalized because of covid, which is what the original reporting suggested.
- AnotherGoodName 5y ago
  > they can do a covid test prior to admission to determine if they are positive. No they don't. Admission is done immediately. No doctor is going to wait for a test result before admitting a patient suffering respiratory problems.
  - refurb 5y ago
    They excluded “complications of Covid” so positive test wasn’t needed, could be suspected Covid as well. Are you really that shocked that people are being hospitalized for reasons other than Covid? I mean, do you think people who have Covid and another problem just don’t go to the hospital?