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Cuomo says its shocking most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/ny-gov-cuomo-says-its-shocking-most-new-coronavirus-hospitalizations-are-people-staying-home.html
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Uh oh!!!! (Original Post)
LAS14
May 2020
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MiniMe
(21,709 posts)1. You have to read that article very carefully
Most new Covid-19 hospitalizations in New York state are from people who were staying home and not venturing much outside. What does not venturing much mean? It isn't totally socially isolating.
It shows that 66% of new admissions were from people who had largely been sheltering at home. Largely been sheltering from home?
LisaL
(44,972 posts)2. And in New York, you are likely exposed to all kinds of people even if you never
leave your apartment building.
MiniMe
(21,709 posts)4. Very true. Density is not a good thing to get rid of this virus.
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)5. Half that number is still a gut punch, varying the degree of "stay at home" doesn't help. SDM with
... sick people gets more sick people.
highplainsdem
(48,921 posts)3. Why this should NOT be shocking: