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    Hospitals Overwhelmed by Another Surge of COVID-19 Patients, Financial Strain

    by Sean Carlin Aug 18, 2021 4 minutes

    SciCheck Digest

    The seven-day average of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. has increased by 322% in two months, straining the ability of medical staff in some states to care for patients. Despite the rising numbers, an Instagram post questioned whether COVID-19 is “truly a pandemic that was ‘overwhelming hospitals,'” if hospitals are firing nurses who refuse to be vaccinated.

    How lethal is COVID-19?

    It’s difficult to know exactly how deadly COVID-19 is, but as the World Health Organization has written, studies estimate that the infection fatality ratio, or percentage of deaths out of all infections, is between 0.5% and 1%. The true rate isn’t clear, since the pandemic is ongoing and not all infections have been diagnosed.

    The case fatality rate, or percentage of deaths out.

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