Biden Admin Points To Silver Lining On Rise In Covid Hospitalizations: Less Death

Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the Biden administration Covid response, talks with Rachel Maddow about why, even though the spike in Covid case numbers and hospitalizations is cause for concern, those numbers are not as alarming as they seem. 

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[OzzyBloke]

Yeah im worried too, the president said that there is no federal solution...

[SVTZ-pqhf]

21 months naturally immune . Not a single one of my family members have gotten sick despite being exposed . Weird huh

[louistully]

With over 130 San Diego firefighters in COVID isolation select stations operate with reduced staff- all are fully vaxxed/boosted

[neondystopian]

It's a surreal feeling when you swap back and forth between mainstream media outlets. If I was an alien that had no context, I would assume that The United States was two completely distinct and separate countries and I would be hella confused if I was told that it was actually one. I would probably accuse them of lying. This isn't a compliment or an endorsement, btw, but you may take my observation however you wish.

[tonygomes]

Brandon cant handle C-19!!!. Oh and also we get to enjoy x2 gas and grocery prices, 9.6% inflation and %$3, 500 drop in annual real wages. With the economy going south and prices going crazy, 3 BEST ways to double or hold your funds in this 2021 economy; Physical Silver, Gold, Who can guess the 3rd??

[johnlawrey]

Hmm, what a concept, you mean that something that has mild symptoms and is only discernible by "cases" from a test the CDC has abandoned is not a reason for mass panic, over the top mandates as opposed to legislation, and the transformation of the election system through unaccountable unsolicited mail in balloting?

[dmereify]

I’m not sure enough time has passed for us to know if deaths to ICU ratio has changed. Deaths often occur weeks later. If we see people leaving ICU on average earlier than in previous waves that would be positive.
If in another week we don’t see hospitals overwhelmed that would be good news too. It sounds like hospitalisations are already breaking records.

[leosath]

No need for more boosters and no need to panic Omicron is the weakest strain so far…It is weak because the virus has naturally evolved to become less deadly … It is a good thing.😀

[shirleymclean]

Do you recall when Biden said ‘I’m Going to Shut Down the Virus"? Let's Go Brandon!

[stevethepirate]

I thought your hero was flattening the curve a year ago?

[erick]

Go in for a broken leg test positive for some reason = Covid Hospitalization

[kesart]

Just pray that you do not require hospital admission for a reason non-COVID related.

[johnsprague]

Increased infection rates are a sign the administration's failure to cope with the situation.
How come people can stand in lines to get covid tests during a surge in infections but we couldn't stand in line to vote? How does that work?

[bryan]

BIDEN in 2020: “I’m going to shut down the virus.” 🤔

BIDEN TODAY: “There is no federal solution to covid.” 🤡

[kanuck]

How many going to hospital headlines how many coming out not so much ?

[SVTZ-pqhf]

Covid RN here . Covid has been dead for a while . Heart attacks and strokes for some reason clogging the icu, weeeiiiird . 1 Covid case in my large icu in city of 100k people.

[arudiga]

January 4, 2022: "There's a lot of reason to be hopeful in 2020..." Joe Biden

[robertgauthier]

There is no rise in hospitalizations in my hospital so I am questioning the validity of your story

[AB-hngb]

Biden: 'Just Google to find a testing station near you.' What a leader.

[robotron]

*Kary Mullis on PCR:* "there’s just very few molecules that you don’t have at least one single one of them in your body. So that could be thought of as a misuse of it just to claim that it’s meaningful. ... *It doesn’t tell you that you’re sick* and it doesn’t tell you that the thing you ended up with really was gonna hurt you or anything like that." Trust the actual science, or perish.