Not to active on DDF these days. But a clear point mentioned before.
The numbers are skewed.
I personally know of over 25 people that had/have every covid-19 symptom and did not get tested. In many areas DR's are telling patients if they dont have a problem breathing then just stay home and isolate yourself.
I even know of a case where someone with problems breathing was told by DR. to stay home as long as possible "the hospitals are worse", BH that person is doing better.
Point being is the numbers are skewed.
We hear a lot that the numbers are skewed. Well in the beginning we only heard of the severe cases, because otherwise no one would notice. Afterwards we started testing a lot more. But now it seems that they stopped testing people with minor symptoms. How much does it make a difference in understanding how bad the situation is? Well it depends. If we expect 10-20% hospitalization rate based on previous studies, what good is it if we find out 30-40% of those testing positive need hospitalization? So we're testing the people that need to be hospitalized, that means confirmed cases are much worse on average than what they could be.
I did see some NYC hospitalization data, don't remember where though.