Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, media coverage made no suggestions of government-mandated citizen behavior change because of hospital capacity
- Data regarding Hospital utilization is public and easy to access, making it easy to fact-check claims from media and social media pundits
- Hospitals have always experienced surges in patient load, as long as there have been seasonal illnesses
- In the Spring of 2020, aside from key areas, most hospitals did not experience a surge
- Despite all of the hysteria never materializing into the crisis that was predicted, we still see media articles fear-mongering about hospital overruns and being "overwhelmed"
Josh lives in Nashville Tennessee and is a data visualization expert who focuses on creating easy to understand charts and dashboards with data
- Throughout the pandemic, he has provided analysis to support local advocacy groups for in-person learning and other rational, data-driven covid policies.
- His work can be found on his substack "Relevant Data."
https://brownstone.org/articles/what-media-gets-wrong-about-hospitals/
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