> In New York, hospitalizations among kids quadrupled. In New York, hospitalizations among everyone more than quadrupled. So if kids quadrupled, they are doing

> In New York, hospitalizations among kids quadrupled. In New York, hospitalizations among everyone more than quadrupled. So if kids quadrupled, they are doing better than average: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summ... Quotes about staggering, flaming rocket ships aside, if you don't bother to normalize your data to a meaningful baseline rate, you're either not capable of objectively analyzing the situation, or you're trying to mislead. (It's also worth pointing out that in NY, something like 40-50% of "Covid hospitalizations" are unrelated to Covid, per the state's own statistics [1]) [1] https://gothamist.com/news/new-preliminary-state-data-shows-half-people-nyc-hospitals-covid-19-were-admitted-other-reasons https://gothamist.com/news/new-preliminary-state-data-shows-...