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This is hospitalizations WITH covid, not FROM covid - a totally useless metric.

Is your theory is that the reason unvaccinated people are hospitalized with COVID at 11 times the rate of vaccinated people is because unvaccinated people get in accidents, or have heart attacks and strokes, or have cancer, etc., at a much higher rate than vaccinated people? They aren't going in because they have COVID...they are going in for those other reasons and then happen to be found to have COVID?

We're talking about Washington, a one-party state with extreme left politics. This is how it actually works:

Vaccinated person goes to the hospital for a cough and fever - "oh no dear, it can't be COVID because you're vaccinated, it must be the common flu" - not counted.

Unvaccinated person comes in for a wrist sprain, tests positive on the PCR - "OMG UNVAXXED HOSPITALIZATION" - probably counted twice, too.

The exact same pattern seen in Washington is seen in far right states. Try again.

About 50 Percent of Massachusetts COVID Hospitalizations Weren't Admitted for COVID

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/about-50-percent-of...

And this is only what they're being forced to admit.

Does NYC count as left? I went in after having diarrhea/vomit for 2 days, and all they did was give me a Covid test and send me away. I'm vaccinated. This was months ago, before omicron and the uptick in breakthrough cases. As a vaccinated person I've been tested multiple times when I didn't even have Covid symptoms.

What I've witnessed is the opposite of trying to skip testing vaccinated people to shift numbers. You're just making things up.

So there's no incentive for hospitals to over-count COVID cases, no federal money involved with inflated numbers, and no political motivation to artificially create a disaster? How nice it must be to live ignorant.

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