BORO PARK CORONA UPDATES

[JACKBLUE]

Anyone hear of any recent cases/Covid related Hatzalah calls in BP? or Flatbush for that matter?

BP is done BH. No new cases.

[S209]

BP is done BH. No new cases.

Source? For how long? Belongs in the Good News thread

[junion]

BP is done BH. No new cases.

Done?! meaning it cant spread anymore there due to magic if it gets reintroduced 

[JACKBLUE]

Source? For how long? Belongs in the Good News thread

Heard from a Hatzolah member that BP hasn’t seen any new confirmed cases the last few days.

[S209]

Heard from a Hatzolah member that BP hasn’t seen any new confirmed cases the last few days.

Do you mean transports? Not sure how he would have better data on confirmed cases than anyone else

[ilherman]

Do you mean transports? Not sure how he would have better data on confirmed cases than anyone else

Forget about BP. 0 new hospitalizations in NYC past 2 days!

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

[lubaby]

Forget about BP. 0 new hospitalizations in NYC past 2 days!

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

Isn’t NYC inside of BP?

[Mikes@Micro]

Cracking up that the BP thread title is ALL CAPS

[junion]

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Forget about BP. 0 new hospitalizations in NYC past 2 days!

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

A direct quote from website "Due to delays in reporting,
recent data are incomplete."

[junion]

It would be useful to know in which neighborhoods or hospitals the new hospitalizations are occurring. anyone know if/where such info is available?

[avromie7]

It would be useful to know in which neighborhoods or hospitals the new hospitalizations are occurring. anyone know if/where such info is available?

It's useless, most of the new hospitalizations are people being hospitalized for unrelated reasons (like going into labor) who happen to test positive.

[junion]

It's useless, most of the new hospitalizations are people being hospitalized for unrelated reasons (like going into labor) who happen to test positive.

Source?
Are you trying to say that testing positive isnt a sign of current infection but rather a sign from a previous infection that for some reason is still being picked up?

[yesitsme]

Source?
Are you trying to say that testing positive isnt a sign of current infection but rather a sign from a previous infection that for some reason is still being picked up?

Correct

[Pupashtetl]

Source?
Are you trying to say that testing positive isnt a sign of current infection but rather a sign from a previous infection that for some reason is still being picked up?

Heard directly from a friend of mine who had a baby 2 weeks ago, his wife tested positive in the hospital, and was told by the staff that it's reported as a new corona hospitalization.

[yesitsme]

Heard directly from a friend of mine who had a baby 2 weeks ago, his wife tested positive in the hospital, and was told by the staff that it's reported as a new corona hospitalization.

true

[junion]

Heard directly from a friend of mine who had a baby 2 weeks ago, his wife tested positive in the hospital, and was told by the staff that it's reported as a new corona hospitalization.

that is only one case. Not enough to make a trend.
Are you trying to say that most of the 720 new cases and 100 new hospitalizations that occurred last Friday for example (the most recent day of accurate reporting as weekends are inaccurate, and the past few days are incomplete) are old cases that are still testing positive?
The number of new cases and hospitalizations has slowly been declining for the past month. If there aren't any new cases and the cases being reported are from old cases. why would the number of hospitalizations be going down. Are less people going to the hospital in general?

[etech0]

that is only one case. Not enough to make a trend.

I've heard of quite a few cases like that.

[junion]

I've heard of quite a few cases like that.

So why are the numbers declining?

[etech0]

So why are the numbers declining?

Maybe they should be declining even faster?

[junion]

Maybe they should be declining even faster?

true
The best way to know this for sure is to find out where the new cases are. if there is a significant percentage in a certain part of the city it would show that it is still going around there. otherwise if its distributed equally around the city or in proportion to old known hotspots  (queens ,BP etc. ) it would show that its pretty much gone from the city.