If We Don't Want 'Overrun' Hospitals, Why Are Asymptomatic People Who Are Vaccinated Clogging Up VT Hospitals?

"While studies show that there is a significantly less likely chance that someone infected with the Omicron variant will require hospitalization, Dr. Anthony Fauci during ABC's"This Week" on Sunday communicated a concern about "Overrun" hospitals.

KARL: So in terms of Omicron, we know how wildly contagious it is, but what is your sense about how - what do we really know about how sick people are getting from this? As you know, there was data out of South Africa that suggested that it was less than 2 percent of those that were infected were hospitalized.

The issue that we don't want to get complacent about, Jon, is that when you have such a high volume of new infections, it might override a real diminution in severity so that if you have many, many, many more people with less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people.

As we've been reporting at Townhall since then, officials on the ground in South Africa have described Omicron symptoms as being "Different" but "Mild." Data from the South African Medical Research Council to do with "Tshwane District Omicron Variant Patient Profile - Early Features" mentioned, among other things, that most of the hospital cases were "Incidental," meaning the admissions were for other reasons besides the person having COVID. However, the concern with "Overrun" hospitals, at least in one state, isn't exactly being helped by people getting admitted when they don't necessarily need to be.

Such people are going to the hospital because they're testing positive through a rapid test and then are looking for a PCR test.

Hildebrant says the flood of asymptomatic people is preventing others in need of immediate care from getting it.

As Landon reported earlier on Sunday, Fauci also commented on vaccine mandates for domestic flights, saying that "Anything that could get people more vaccinated would be welcome."

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