The County-USC doctors with Spelberg raised issues with how the Department of Public Health has gathered and processed data on COVID hospitalizations but agreed with the DPH and DHS that the pandemic remains a serious threat.
Officials from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center raised questions about COVID hospital admission, as the region plans to reinstitute its mask mandate by the end of the month.
"Only 10% of our COVID positive admissions are admitted due to COVID," said Spelberg."Virtually none of them go to the ICU, and when they do go to the ICU, it is not for pneumonia... They're not intubated." Emergency room physician at UCLA and Providence hospitals Dr. Angelique Campen said that many patients she has treated had COVID but it was not due to pneumonia or respiratory issues compared to earlier in the pandemic.
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