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Nvidia Wants to Replace With AI for $9 an Hour.
Dehumanization of healthcare by giant tech corporations. From the bottom of my heart.. fuck and fuck the nasty business of .

https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-wants-replace-nurses-with-ai-1851347917

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NCHS estimates of —based on Household Pulse Survey—resume after three month hiatus.

Gap in data collection makes jump hard to interpret. New data scheduled Thurs.

As more & more folk experience Long Covid, fewer & fewer have been staffing our hospitals.

This is first toot of weekly thread, updated daily, providing various dataviz of ongoing [.]

Last week: https://disabled.social/@beadsland/112079283927026329

Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (52.6 M as of Feb 5) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (33.9M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (20.3M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (16.4M) • Significant Limitations (4.5M) • Experienced… — projected (-19.1M ±28.1M from Feb 6–Mar 18) • Living with… — projected (-12.5M ±19.4M) • Activity Limitations… — projected (-9.1M ±1.1M) • Significant Limitations — projected (+1.1M ±.4M) • Cumulative Excess Deaths — 2020 forward (1.37M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. For purposes of this chart, we assume that U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at half the rate of adults.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Capacity Level has been elevated since independence from the virus was declared three summers ago—as fewer & fewer professionals have been available to staff hospital beds.

    Critical Staffing Level, already at 2021 levels, has been further elevated for near a year—with some one in nine reporting hospitals at critical shortage.

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    Chart: Hospital Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through March 9, 2024. Hash marks overlay bottom of each stacked area—indicating ICU beds. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Hospital Capacity Level (77%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied beds to total reported staffed beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. From October 2020 forward, top of the total stack trends downward. A diagonal notation along the top edge reads: "Reported staffed beds have been declining on average ~680 a week for ~3⅓ years."
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, all but one in five pediatric beds reported May of 2022: now missing.

    PICU Capacity Level (not shown): 70%.

    Weekly average ~110 PICU beds were covid patients.

    We're failing our kids. The emergency is over.

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    Chart: Pediatric Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for pediatric Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through March 9, 2024. Hash marks—indicating PICU beds—overlay bottom of each stacked area. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Pediatric Capacity Level (71%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied pediatric beds to total reported staffed pediatric beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals with pediatric beds reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. Capacity was climbing toward 55K, with climbing occupancy, before plummeting to under 10K in Jan '22. Feb '22 saw gain toward 45K; above in May of that year, before trending down to now below 40K.
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    @palestine

    American and Empire Files founder Abby Martin interviews Dr. Thaer Ahmad ⬇️

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REnN_dLtrLA

    18+ beadsland , to Random stuff
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    NCHS estimates of —based on Household Pulse Survey—resume after three month hiatus.

    Gap in data collection makes jump hard to interpret. New data scheduled Mar 21.

    As more & more folk experience Long Covid, fewer & fewer have been staffing our hospitals.

    This is first toot of weekly thread, updated daily, providing various dataviz of ongoing [.]

    Last week: https://disabled.social/@beadsland/112040362598913452

    Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (52.6 M as of Feb 5) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (33.9M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (20.3M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (16.4M) • Significant Limitations (4.5M) • Experienced… — projected (-16.1M ±23.2M from Feb 6–Mar 11) • Living with… — projected (-10.4M ±16M) • Activity Limitations… — projected (-7.6M ±0.9M) • Significant Limitations — projected (+.8M ±.4M) • Cumulative Excess Deaths — 2020 forward (1.37M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. For purposes of this chart, we assume that U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at half the rate of adults.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Capacity Level has been elevated since independence from the virus was declared three summers ago—as fewer & fewer professionals have been available to staff hospital beds.

    Critical Staffing Level, already at 2021 levels, has been further elevated for near a year—with some one in nine reporting hospitals at critical shortage.

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    Chart: Hospital Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through March 2, 2024. Hash marks overlay bottom of each stacked area—indicating ICU beds. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Hospital Capacity Level (77%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied beds to total reported staffed beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. From October 2020 forward, top of the total stack trends downward. A diagonal notation along the top edge reads: "Reported staffed beds have been declining on average ~680 a week for ~3⅓ years."
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, all but one in five pediatric beds reported May of 2022: now missing.

    PICU Capacity Level (not shown): 70%.

    Weekly average ~135 PICU beds were covid patients.

    We're failing our kids. The emergency is over.

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    Chart: Pediatric Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for pediatric Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through March 2, 2024. Hash marks—indicating PICU beds—overlay bottom of each stacked area. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Pediatric Capacity Level (70%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied pediatric beds to total reported staffed pediatric beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals with pediatric beds reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. Capacity was climbing toward 55K, with climbing occupancy, before plummeting to under 10K in Jan '22. Feb '22 saw gain toward 45K; above in May of that year, before trending down to now below 40K.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Some 332 (+6) counties reporting pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

    Of 280 (-4) counties reporting any PICU capacity, over one in four are near or over full.

    So many places where there ain't enough staff for sick or injured kids to receive required care.

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    Map: Pediatric Hospital & PICU Capacity by County & State Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute As of Feb 24, 2023 Shows a color scale of 7-day average inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average inpatient beds staff for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to light yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks reflecting state-level average. Sparse grey dots show vast expanses where no PICU beds are reported. Dense patterns of black dots represent counties where PICUs are full or near full. Much of the map is hatched red-orange with grey dots, with purple-red-orange counties. Interspersed with scattered yellow, mostly in Mississippi watershed and central Texas, with some larger yellow counties in the western states. Black and black-dotted counties can be spied in all regions. The state of Idaho stands out as a purple-grey hatch surrounded red/orange/yellow hatches in surrounding states.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Some 43 (-2) counties are reporting ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data.

    Reporting ≥ 90%: 240 (-9)—over one in ten of those w/ any capacity.

    This includes surge & overflow beds—near full can mean E/Rs with hours-long even day-long, wait times.

    https://disabled.social/@beadsland/112096016017762251

    For counties w/ ICUs—near one in five are full or near full.

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    Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute As of: Mar 2, 2024 [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity. Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are filled in where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported. Most of the map is dark red-orange, with sprinkles of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.
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    NCHS estimates of —based on Household Pulse Survey—resume after three month hiatus.

    Gap in data collection makes jump hard to interpret. New data scheduled Mar 21.

    As more & more folk experience Long Covid, fewer & fewer have been staffing our hospitals.

    This is first toot of weekly thread, updated daily, providing various dataviz of ongoing [.]

    Last week: https://disabled.social/@beadsland/112000089556619410

    Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (52.6 M as of Feb 5) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (33.4M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (20.3M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (16.4M) • Significant Limitations (4.5M) • Experienced… — projected (-12.9M ±18.3M from Feb 6–26) • Living with… — projected (-8.3M ±12.7M) • Activity Limitations… — projected (-6M ±0.7M) • Significant Limitations — projected (+0.7M ±0.3M) • Cumulative Excess Deaths — 2020 forward (1.37M) Caption (in part): Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. For purposes of this chart, we assume that U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at half the rate of adults.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Capacity Level has been elevated since independence from the virus was declared three summers ago—as fewer & fewer professionals have been available to staff hospital beds.

    Critical Staffing Level, already at 2021 levels, has been further elevated for near a year—with some one in nine reporting hospitals at critical shortage.

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    Chart: Hospital Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through February 24, 2024. Hash marks overlay bottom of each stacked area—indicating ICU beds. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Hospital Capacity Level (77%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied beds to total reported staffed beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. From October 2020 forward, top of the total stack trends downward. A diagonal notation along the top edge reads: "Reported staffed beds have been declining on average ~690 a week for ~3⅓ years."
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, near one in five pediatric beds reported May of 2022: now missing.

    PICU Capacity Level (not shown): 69%.

    Weekly average ~135 PICU beds were covid patients.

    We're failing our kids. The emergency is over.

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    Chart: Pediatric Capacity: United States Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for pediatric Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through February 24, 2024. Hash marks—indicating PICU beds—overlay bottom of each stacked area. Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (84%), Pediatric Capacity Level (70%) and Critical Staffing Level (11%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total reported occupied pediatric beds to total reported staffed pediatric beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals with pediatric beds reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'. Capacity was climbing toward 55K, with climbing occupancy, before plummeting to under 10K in Jan '22. Feb '22 saw gain toward 45K; above in May of that year, before trending down to now below 40K.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Some 326 (-6) counties reporting pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

    Of 284 (+6) counties reporting any PICU capacity, near one in four are near or over full.

    So many places where there ain't enough staff for sick or injured kids to receive required care.

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    Map: Pediatric Hospital & PICU Capacity by County & State Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute As of Feb 24, 2023 Shows a color scale of 7-day average inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average inpatient beds staff for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to light yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks reflecting state-level average. Sparse grey dots show vast expanses where no PICU beds are reported. Dense patterns of black dots represent counties where PICUs are full or near full. Much of the map is hatched red-orange with grey dots, with purple-red-orange counties. Interspersed with scattered yellow, mostly in Mississippi watershed and central Texas, with some larger yellow counties in the western states. Black and black-dotted counties can be spied in all regions. The state of Idaho stands out as a purple-grey hatch surrounded red/orange/yellow hatches in surrounding states.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Some 45 (+3) counties are reporting ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data.

    Reporting ≥ 90%: 249 (-3)—over one in ten of those w/ any capacity.

    This includes surge & overflow beds—near full can mean E/Rs with hours-long even day-long, wait times.

    For counties w/ ICUs—near one in five are full or near full.

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    Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute As of: Feb 24, 2024 [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity. Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are filled in where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported. Most of the map is dark red-orange, with sprinkles of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Occupied beds in excess of staffed beds indicates that patients are not receiving adequate care.

    For comparison, Suffolk County, MA is at 93% adult hospital capacity, 89% adult ICU.

    Mass. General—at 95% capacity/89% ICU—largest of some dozen Suffolk hospitals already 17 months into "unprecedented capacity crisis".

    https://disabled.social/@beadsland/112018231277961908

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    Chart: Counties with Adult Hospitals Over or Near Capacity Data: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services As of: Feb 24, 2024 [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Chart consists of two columns of ten counties each, ranked by hospital capacity level and ICU capacity level, respectively. Includes a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Patterns of black dots (•) and black circles with white fill (○) represent counties where adult ICUs are near full (80% and 90%, respectively); circles are filled in (●) where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots (⚪) show areas where no ICU beds are reported. Ranked by Hospital Capacity Level: ⬛⚪ ≥150% Seminole County, GA ⬛● ≥150% Smyth County, VA ⬛⚪ 129% Barton County, KS 🟪 116% Buchanan County, MO 🟪 107% Wise County, VA 🟪 106% Coffee County, GA 🟪 104% Yuma County, AZ 🟪● 101% Campbell County, KY 🟪● 100% Anoka County, MN 🟪● 100% Cayey Municipio, PR Ranked by ICU Capacity Level: ⬛● ≥150% Smyth County, VA 🟧● ≥150% Summit County, CO 🟥● 114% Montgomery County, AL 🟪● 103% Campbell County, KY 🟪● 103% Boone County, KY 🟪● 101% Houston County, AL 🟥● 101% Chesapeake city, VA 🟪● 101% Kenton County, KY 🟥● 100% Clearfield County, PA 🟪● 100% Anoka County, MN
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    • banned_tweets_of_john_cusack , to palestine group
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    @palestine

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fzBf7Omllk&t=1s

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    We're Investigating Mental Health Care Access. Share Your Insights.

    ProPublica’s reporters want to talk to providers, health insiders and as we examine the U.S. mental health care system.

    If that’s you, reach out.

    https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/tell-us-about-mental-health-care-access?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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    Two heavily wounded lying on the cold bare floor in an overcrowded, underequipped , a and two trying their best to save their .

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    @palestine

    https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-20/its-a-death-zone-un-films-shocking-conditions-in-gaza-hospital-after-raid

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    @palestine

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    @palestine

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    @palestine

    18+ banned_tweets_of_john_cusack , to palestine group
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    @palestine

    A heavily , sitting on the cold bare floor of an overcrowded, underequipped . , , and doing everything they can to safe the of their .

    banned_tweets_of_john_cusack , to palestine group
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    @palestine

    https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6143

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    How do mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios affect patient outcomes, costs, and hospital decisions?

    Data from California provides some answers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37939411/

    @medmastodon @publichealth

    18+ beadsland , to Random stuff
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    NCHS estimates of —based on Household Pulse Survey—due to resume.

    Census Bureau resumed data collection on January 9, with next data release scheduled February 22.

    As more & more folk experience Long Covid, fewer & fewer have been staffing our hospitals.

    This is first toot of weekly thread, updated daily, providing various dataviz of ongoing [.]

    Last week: https://disabled.social/@beadsland/111723009082661318

    Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of: • Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (44.2 M as of Oct 30) • Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22] • Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (33.8M) [Apr '22: 32.7M] • Now Living with LC (15.8M) • Current Activity Limitations from LC (13.7M) • Significant Limitations (4.8M) • Cumulative Excess Deaths — 2020 forward (1.37M) Captions (in part): Phase 4 of the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey commenced January 9, 2024. With the first date for new data to be released to be February 22. * * * Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes. NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. For purposes of this chart, we assume that U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at half the rate of adults.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Folk are dying at record numbers, of comorbidities of severe acute covid that are also implicated as post-acute sequelae of covid infection. ↺

    Of course, ongoing hospital staffing attrition also contributes to elevated death tolls. Said attrition continues. ↺

    [CDC ended excess death reporting Sep 27.]

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    Chart: Elevated Non-Circulatory Causes of Death: Annualized Dev. from 2015-2019 Avg Data: CDC, Census. Reflects death certs that do not identify covid as underlying cause. [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Dashed lines 2015–20; solid dots for annualized Jan 2021–June 2023. [Six weeks incomplete data omitted.] Dotted lines for trends from Jan 2020 forward, for each disease category. Dash-dot line for sepsis trend had concerted effort at reduction in 2019 not occurred. Legend: • Diabetes (+10K more annualized deaths vs. 2019) • Alzheimers and dementia (+18K) • Renal failure (+5K) • Sepsis (+4K) • Malignant neoplasms (+14K) • Projected U.S. 65+ population Caption: After spiking in first year of the pandemic, annualized Alzheimer disease and dementia mortality dropped just as swiftly, thereafter remaining near or below historical trend. Diabetes mortality has not been so quick to recover from first year spike, only beginning to decline in the second half of last year, though still well above pre-pandemic trend. Deaths by sepsis were markedly down in 2019, following a coordinated national effort by hospitals. Despite this, sepsis mortality has been climbing at a rate well above even pre-2019’s relatively flat trendline, for over three years now. Renal failure deaths didn’t see an appreciable climb until the latter part of 2021, peaking only months ago. Meanwhile, malignant neoplasm (cancer) deaths, slower to manifest, have been suggestively creeping above trend for well over a year.

    Chart: Elevated Circulatory Causes of Death: Annualized Deviation from 2015-2019 Average Data: Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Census Bureau. Reflects death certs that do not identify covid as underlying cause. [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Dashed lines for annual data for years 2015 (as of January 1, 2016) through 2020, with solid dots for annualized data weekly from January 2021 through late July 2023. [Six weeks of subsequent CDC data incomplete, thus omitted from this chart.] Dotted lines indicate trendlines from Jan 2020 forward, for each disease category. Legend: • Hypertensive disease (+31K more annualized deaths vs. 2019) • Cerebrovascular diseases (+13K) • Heart failure (+4K) • Ischemic heart disease (-3K) • Other diseases of the circulatory system (+7K) • Projected U.S. population Caption: Heart failure mortality stands out as having declined during the pandemic, remaining well below historical trendline to this day. Ischemic heart disease deaths increased during the first year, but have been more or less declining toward baseline since then. (Notably, ischemic heart disease is the only subgroup to have been on a downward trajectory pre-pandemic.) Hypertensive, cerebrovascular, and other diseases of the circulatory system, though each seeing declining annualized mortality in recent months, each remain well above their respective historical trendlines.
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    • 18+ beadsland OP ,
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    Given evidence linking covid infection to sudden onset liver damage, recent increased liver disease mortality is hardly surprising.

    Final mortality data for 2020—released in Sept.—reveals spike in accidental deaths driven by poisonings & exposure to noxious substances.

    [CDC 2021 data was due mid-2023.]

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    Chart: Causes of Accidental Deaths: Reported Annual Data Data: National Center for Health Statistics [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Dashed lines for annual data for years 2015 through 2020. Chart is blank 2021 to 2022. Legend: • Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances (up 32.9% btw. 2019 & 2020) [~87K total in 2020] • Motor vehicle accidents (up 8.4%) [42K] • Falls (up 6.8%) [42K] • Accidental hanging, strangulation, and suffocation (down -4.1%) [7K] • Accidental drowning and submersion (up 13.1%) [4K] • Accidental exposure to smoke, fire, and flames (up 9.6%) [3K] • Accidental discharge of firearms (up 10.1%) [½K] • All other unintentional injuries (down -1.2%) [15K] [A table below the legend ranks these items by rate of change.] Captions: Historically, U.S. health authorities have published “Final Data”—detailed tables and demographic analysis of causes of mortality—about eighteen months, give or take, from the close of each calendar year. It took nearly thirty-three months to release final data for 2020. Data for 2021 remains significantly overdue. ---- Despite popular conjecture, the observed sharp increase in accidental deaths between 2019 and 2020 was not due to motor vehicle accidents. Rather, accidental poisonings—up by a third over the prior year—account for nearly all the increase in elevated deaths by accidental causes.

    Chart: Select Causes of Death: Reported Annual Data Data: NCHS, Census. Accidents figure for 2022 is provisional (not final). [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Dashed lines for annual data for years 2015 through 2021 for causes liver disease & self-harm; through 2022 for accidents (unintentional injuries). Dotted lines indicate trendlines for Jan 2020 forward, for each cause category. Legend: * Accidents (unintentional injuries) (+45K more annual deaths vs. 2019) * Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (+12.2K) * Intentional self-harm (suicide) (+0.7K) * Projected U.S. population Caption: Accidents (unintentional injuries) have returned to their pre-pandemic standing as third leading cause of death in the United States. While deaths for which covid-19 was the attributed underlying cause of death were, indeed, down from prior two calendar years, 2022 saw many more deadly accidents than would have been predicted based on 2015-2019 trendline. Were it not for this sustained spike in accidental deaths, covid would have retained third place. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis saw a near identical jump in relative mortality over the first two years of the pandemic. As of yet, only provisional figures for 2022’s top four causes of death are available. (Final “statistics”—if not “data”—for all causes might be available end of this year.) Despite discourse about suicide rates in recent years, intentional self-harm deaths were still below trendline as of 2021’s final mortality figures.
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