Quote Originally Posted by baka View Post
- The statistics on how many are cared for for covid-19 can be misleading. Several regions are now alerting public health authority that the figures may be lower. The reason is that even people who are admitted for, for example, bone fractures but who have tested positive for covid-19 are classified as covid-19 patients, even though in practice this is a co-diagnosis.

I would think, if this happens here in Sweden, could this happen elsewhere as well?
that I would look into, is this happening in the US as well.
First off: Gol dang, folks. Two pages of stuff overnight? One can't keep up.

As to the quote: I don't understand the significance of this. That is a well known point. The case rate of incidental infections are reported, as it shows something about the circulation of the virus in the general public. It has nothing to do with our excess death rate, and little to do with hospitals being overwhelmed. After all, it's not like we have an epidemic of people breaking their legs which would be overwhelming the hospitals even if there was no COVID. Yes, a bunch of people who show up for other reasons turn out to have COVID, often without even knowing it. That's a positive sign, since it suggests we could get to herd immunity faster, but there is no reason to think that the rate of incidental COVID is significant in hospitals being overwhelmed.