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> I think confusion comes from the use of “COVID-19” which is not a virus or infection specifically but a disease caused by sars-ncov2 infection. It's fascinat
by freeflight 5y ago
> I think confusion comes from the use of “COVID-19” which is not a virus or infection specifically but a disease caused by sars-ncov2 infection.
It's fascinating how two years into this pandemic this is still such a huge communication issue, quite reminiscent of AIDS and HIV.
I wonder how much of that is impacting the reported numbers, in Germany it sure enough did; Hospitals were reporting every patient that tested positive as COVID-19 patient, even when they where in the hospital for a completely different reason and had no disease outbreak.
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- Izkata 5y agoIt's the same in the US, 40% of "covid hospitalizations" were hospitalized for other reasons and then tested positive. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1480679058488836097 https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1480679058488836097 Also note at the end he says "asymptomatic covid", which gets right back to the confusion between sars-cov-2 and covid-19.