{"id":1200470,"date":"2022-01-08T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200470"},"modified":"2022-01-08T19:04:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T00:04:15","slug":"massachusetts-to-change-how-it-reports-coronavirus-hospitalizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-to-change-how-it-reports-coronavirus-hospitalizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts to Change How It Reports Coronavirus Hospitalizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-to-change-how-it-reports-coronavirus-hospitalizations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/texas-ems-coronavirus-patient-hospital-aug2020-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Nearly two years into the pandemic, Massachusetts hospitals will make a distinction between patients who were hospitalized \u201cfor\u201d coronavirus and those who were hospitalized \u201cwith\u201d the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts\u2019 Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Thursday the coronavirus reporting changes would begin next week,&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2022\/01\/07\/massachusetts-changing-covid-hospitalizations-data-reporting-with-because\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noting<\/a>&nbsp;whether hospitalizations are \u201cprimary or incidental\u201d to coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly seventy-five percent of Massachusetts residents are fully vaccinated against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>DPH\u2019s move comes as the state deals with the impact of the omicron variant. As of Tuesday, 2,426 patients were&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/coronavirus\/2022\/01\/reporting-change-coming-on-covid-hospitalizations-in-massachusetts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospitalized<\/a>&nbsp;as a result of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts\u2019 announcement came the same week New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a similar change to her state\u2019s coronavirus reporting scheme. Hochul&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/video-audio-photos-rush-transcript-governor-hochul-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!4ZoU4kKLwuDO7zHrwfO6kXTPDMzktbr1f6Oug1rYtTvJLA6rC8Qkg0Adcf28Cg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked:<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>How many people are being hospitalized because of COVID symptoms? How many people are happened to be testing positive just while they\u2019re in there for other treatments? I think that\u2019s important. I just want to always be honest with New Yorkers about how bad this is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes, the sheer numbers of people infected are high, but I want to see whether or not the hospitalizations correlate with that,\u201d Hochul added.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/mass-to-change-the-way-it-reports-covid-19-hospitalizations\/2606930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a>&nbsp;the state\u2019s reporting methods for months before Thursday\u2019s official announcement. Baker said last October:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When you call the hospitals and you talk to them one at a time, or the systems, a significant number of the people who they \u2014 who we \u2014 count as COVID positive are not in the hospital because they have COVID. They\u2019re in the hospital for some other purpose and they got tested positive when they came in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Massachusetts state representative John Santiago, a Boston Medical Center emergency room doctor, recently&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IamJonSantiago\/status\/1478145128808300555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;on Twitter that a \u201csignificant number of my COVID patients fell into 2 buckets: mild symptoms &amp; discharged OR were admitted for non-COVID reasons BUT tested positive for COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A significant number of my COVID patients fell into 2 buckets: mild symptoms &amp; discharged OR were admitted for non-COVID reasons BUT tested positive for COVID (all admitted patients are tested). <\/p>\n<p>Of course, that presents a different set of challenges but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Santiago (@IamJonSantiago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IamJonSantiago\/status\/1478145128808300555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the state changes its reporting system, it also deals with hospital staffing&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/mass-to-change-the-way-it-reports-covid-19-hospitalizations\/2606930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shortages<\/a>. DPH has 8,775 statewide hospital beds and 1,256 ICU beds that could be staffed within 24 hours. Compared to one year ago, there were 9,254 hospital beds and 1,458 ICU beds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two years into the pandemic, Massachusetts hospitals will make a distinction between patients who were hospitalized \u201cfor\u201d coronavirus and those who were hospitalized \u201cwith\u201d the virus. 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