Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by joshuamorton 2229 days ago
The fact that hospitals aren't pouring new Covid patients out of their ears. Major hospitals are handling lots of cases, and have many more than one hundred employees. They're not hotbeds of transmission, from what I've seen.

You're certainly at more risk in a hospital than at home, but it's not that crazy. Since it seems like you're in the bay area, consider that for the chance to even be 5%, something like most new Covid cases in the bay would need to come from hospital employees or patients. I don't think that's happening.
1 comments
SomeoneFromCA 2228 days ago
Haha, no, I am from the Central Asia. All you you just said are handwavey arguments, "I think", "I believe". I think for example, that chances of catching Covid in hospitals in US, at the peak of the epidemic were way above 20%. How is this an argument?
link
joshuamorton 2227 days ago
Data backed arguments and your imaginings aren't the same.
link