Monday, May 4, 2020

Cuomo Plays On Fears And Ignorance About Reopening The Economy

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Saturday about "Blindly" lifting lockdowns and reopening the economy.

NPR reported on April 7 that out of the 2,000 beds set up in temporary hospitals in New York, only about a hundred were used.

Inpatient admissions were down 30% from January, emergency room visits dropped 40%, observation services fell 47%, outpatient ancillary services declined 62%, and outpatient surgery volume plunged 71%, according to a report from Crowe LLP. California: Elon Musk tweeted out a chart late last week showing the early predictions about hospital use in the state, and the actual data.

The San Jose Mercury News reported that "In the absence of an anticipated coronavirus surge, Bay Area emergency room doctors and nurses say the ongoing pandemic has transformed hospitals into deserts."

Florida: "The goal of reducing the curve was to keep the infections underneath that hospital capacity. That's the reason why we went on this, what we've done, and you can see not only did we not reach hospital capacity, we're far under what hospital capacity is in the state of Florida," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

Tennessee: At the end of last week, Chattanooga hospitals had 232 vacant hospital beds, including 51 intensive care unit beds, and 357 ventilators not in use.

Connecticut: "Even on the worst day, the number of hospitalizations per county never came close to hospital capacity" NPR reported.

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/05/04/cuomo-plays-on-fears-and-ignorance-about-reopening-the-economy/

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