Nancysc

The "thick skull-ers" have identified them selves by their follow-up posts. Hospitals don't need to pad their rolls to get paid, they have more patients requiring intensive care than they have ever had. Young people are dying from Covid19. It is world-wide, so maybe you should call it the World Virus, instead of Chinese. Spanish flu (1918) started in the US. What a bunch of idiots.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Not outliers, in the current surge most new cases are in the 20-44 age range.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

My wife is a doctor at one of these hospitals in New Jersey which has had a couple of hundred deaths and many and more who were critically ill over the last three and a half months. Two members of my wife's staff caught it and were seriously ill from it. They stopped all non critical services including almost all elective surgeries and other procedures.

They spent over $2 million dollars to quickly renovate an older hospital building for covid-19 patients that was planned for demolition and will eventually be torn down once the pandemic is over. They will never be reimbursed for that money. Her hospital's general income is down significantly and most of the doctors can't provide their normal non critical services for their patients. As a result the income of most of these doctors', who are not employees of the hospital, is also down significantly and they are not getting paid by the government because of it. Many staff doctors, nurses and technicians are being underutilized during the pandemic due their specific medical specialties, and are a further drain on the hospital's budget.

And contrary to what you may believe the hospital has not yet received any of these monies from the government that you may think they are getting rich from, and when they do it will not have covered all the Covid expenses much less the loss income from all the normal services that they have not been able to provide. This concept thst some conspiracy theorists are putting forward that covid-19 is a money-making scheme for hospitals is a myth.

mharvey

I'm not dismissing Covid-19. But how can we know WHAT to believe when there are so many lies from both medical and political sources. This virus has been turned into a political crisis for the purpose of affecting the upcoming elections AND a medical scam.
I had a heart to heart talk with my personal physician of over 25 years..a man who is highly respected for his medical expertise and plain-speaking honesty.
He just lost an 82 year olds woman with terminal lung cancer and found that the hospital had changed the cause of death to Covid-19. Three days later, a 73 year old man with a lifelong history of heart disease, died of a massive coronary thrombosis. Agsin, the hospital changed the official cause of death to Covid-19.
This promoted him to meet with hospital administrators where he discovered that ALL of the deaths of his patients for the past 3 months (except one who died in a messy car wreck) had been categorized by the hospital to Covid deaths!
The hospital can receive about $3,000 for a "natural" death...But $13,000 for a Covid-19 death!
Given this, repeated at hospitals across the country, we DON'T KNOW the true mortality rate of the virus!

khumiston

Well said

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have a friend whose wife has had heart problems prior to their marriage. Recently, she collapsed, due to these problems, and was taken to the hospital. The ER folks were intensely focused on getting her heart back to working again. She passed away in the ER. Cause of death...COVID 19. That was a bullshit call. She died of heart failure.

How many more of these cases happened? When there is a monetary enticement, what do you think the diagnosis would be?
--Bob

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Does your doctor have evidence that the hospital did not test for the coronavirus in these patients? If they didn’t test, then they committed fraud and will likely get caught. Incidental here say reports abound and it’s not beyond hospital administrators to cheat. After all, they’re in it to make a profit. It’s my opinion that the cheating is minimal when viewed in the broader scheme of things. Cheating is human nature.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Then stay in your basements and let us live our lives.
Why should I have to destroy my life for you?
You are NOT sacrificing anything for me.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

They are NOT dying though.
Millions catch something, no death.
That is such a stupid statistic.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Hospitals are losing millions because of this hoax.
They have cancelled virtually all procedures that can be cancelled.
Losing revenue and putting things like women's health especially at great risk.
Un diagnosed cancers after three months could be a death sentence.
They are like ghost towns now, hundreds of staff laid off, entire sections closed etc.
Yes, the ER might be busy but that is all and now even most ER's are busy with NON-Chinese flu matters.

gsmith051 Loc: Fairfield Glade, TN

Thank you for correcting me. I missed your point entirely. Sorry Bob.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

128,000 dead in four months so far from this hoax. The hoax is working. Trump supporters dying like flies in Western, Southern, and Mid-Western states.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

I cannot see how I can sacrifice anything for you, and I have not asked you to make sacrifices for me. In the UK you would be what is called a taker - which also means that you are not a giver.
So - carry on doing your best to encourage others to infect the world. It would be ironic if you end up dead with a ventilator stuffed down your throat. If I were you I would not further tempt fate - it might just happen!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

You are so clueless.
Not being able to go out to clubs, bars, churches, events, gyms, most stores and the few places have to stand in long stupid lines, wear a stupid smothering mask in public. Beaches closed, travel restricted, quarantines.

I will gladly take the risk and if I die it will be after cheating death 3 other times so who cares.
Once I am dead I will not care.
I will NOT be on a ventilator ever anyway so that is not an issue.
All that sacrifice above is so sick losers can selfishly make all others miserable as they are already.
Stay in your basement forever because there is ALWAYS some virus wandering around.