I wondered why I wasn't aware of this stuff and then I checked the date of the top articles. The Politico article is from February and it's also everywhere on google but I didn't read it because I don't know what was planned and what was actually implemented.
The American media is shit. It's truly shit. How can the average American with no interest in the nitty-gritty covid details have any idea what's actually happening?
I noted of the subheader of the Politico article...
Yep, and I also have a vague recollection that a lot of places were requiring a positive COVID test to claim it was the cause of death even if a patient had all the symptoms and died from them. When the healthcare system gets overwhelmed and people are trustede for 14 hours, they die without time to get tested.
I just posted this a few minutes ago - https://hexbear.net/post/191463
The difference between informational covid Twitter (and sites like Hexbear) versus the media says is shocking. From the sources I check - I'm shocked on a near daily basis. But liberals who get their covid news from "trusted" sites like NYT or MSNBC see an entirely different reality.
I think covid in the future covid could be a category ~4 medical hurricane lasting many years. But most liberals must think we're probably at the tail end of the pandemic because we are in a "new normal". And - of course - a lot of independents and right-wingers came to that conclusion a long time ago.
I wish I could say something positive about anything involving the US. For example - if only I believed that the upcoming GOP justice anti-abortion ruling will force a change in the moronic dem leadership and in Biden himself. But I think the opposite will happen. Biden and many important dem voices will say crap like "We are one nation and we must find common ground."
They'll keep stressing unity which is insane! And - of course - some (many?) dem pols will secretly be filled with glee. It makes fundraising as easy as pie.
We're also counting fewer deaths due to changes in monitoring requirements, so 400 today means more deaths than 400 six months ago.
What are the changes?
Basically this: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/hhs-cdc-might-change-method-for-counting-covid-cases/
I wondered why I wasn't aware of this stuff and then I checked the date of the top articles. The Politico article is from February and it's also everywhere on google but I didn't read it because I don't know what was planned and what was actually implemented.
The American media is shit. It's truly shit. How can the average American with no interest in the nitty-gritty covid details have any idea what's actually happening?
I noted of the subheader of the Politico article...
"More accurate", huh?
Yep, and I also have a vague recollection that a lot of places were requiring a positive COVID test to claim it was the cause of death even if a patient had all the symptoms and died from them. When the healthcare system gets overwhelmed and people are trustede for 14 hours, they die without time to get tested.
I just posted this a few minutes ago - https://hexbear.net/post/191463
The difference between informational covid Twitter (and sites like Hexbear) versus the media says is shocking. From the sources I check - I'm shocked on a near daily basis. But liberals who get their covid news from "trusted" sites like NYT or MSNBC see an entirely different reality.
I think covid in the future covid could be a category ~4 medical hurricane lasting many years. But most liberals must think we're probably at the tail end of the pandemic because we are in a "new normal". And - of course - a lot of independents and right-wingers came to that conclusion a long time ago.
It's truly horrific and I'm constantly astounded by the power of propaganda during this pandemic.
I wish I could say something positive about anything involving the US. For example - if only I believed that the upcoming GOP justice anti-abortion ruling will force a change in the moronic dem leadership and in Biden himself. But I think the opposite will happen. Biden and many important dem voices will say crap like "We are one nation and we must find common ground."
They'll keep stressing unity which is insane! And - of course - some (many?) dem pols will secretly be filled with glee. It makes fundraising as easy as pie.