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Elmhurst in the rearview mirror was clearly staged, & you’ve successfully linked Italy & Iran to NY as Select Panic Sites (TM) by Narrative Ninnies. Intubation modeling c/o Italy, happily enacted. “The First Wave” documentary about Long Island Jewish Medical Center appears to be part of the $ham as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpD041s3aA&pp=ygUaI2ZpcnN0cGljdHVyZW9mY29yb25hdmlydXM%3D

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Yep, I know this "documentary" and have spoken to a nurse who was there.

I am hoping she will share her story and/or allow me to share it (even with a pseudonym).

We need more people to speak up about what they did and did not see.

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Your work is the definition of Dogged pursuit of the truth. Can't wait to read your next post!

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OT but related, I suppose. I did not know municipal health systems in NY (and across the country) were in such dire financial straits pre-2020:

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-9-2022.pdf

"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, H+H faced significant financial difficulties, including the declining use of services, reduced federal funding and a large share of patients who lack health insurance. While similar challenges have been experienced across much of the U.S. health care system, H+H has been under substantial strain given its mission of providing quality health care to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status."

"In recognition of these challenges, and in order to address the recurring deficit that was projected to reach $1.8 billion by FY 2020, H+H expanded efforts to transform its operations. Building on approaches begun in 2015, it established a transformation plan in 2016. The transformation plan contained strategies to raise revenues (including government support)

and reduce costs, and resulted in savings of $1 billion annually from FY 2017 through

FY 2019."

"Despite the intense operational demands that the pandemic placed on hospitals, H+H ended FY 2020 with a closing cash balance of $688 million, and largely attained its bottom-line target for the year under the transformation plan. In total, it achieved $1.3 billion in savings during FY 2020."

"The receipt of federal COVID-19 relief funds early in the pandemic was instrumental in supporting H+H’s financial condition in the short term, providing direct support for activities related to the public health emergency. Pandemic-related costs of $788 million in FY 2020 were offset with the receipt of more than $1 billion in provider relief funds (see Figure 8)."

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"Under-resourced safety-net public hospital gets hit hard by coronavirus" is part of the govt's story.

You can hear/see in Dr Smith's March and June 2020 videos (transcripts provided)

https://www.woodhouse76.com/p/dr-colleen-smith

All of this is predicated on the idea that something was suddenly spreading from person to person.

If you're able to look back, even as a thought experiment, and say, "what if there was nothing spreading in the way of a coronavirus?" it is very freeing.

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I agree with you on that. There is often talk of "what was the point of COVID?" Well for H+H hospitals it appears it accelerated the 2015-initiated healthcare transition to more cost-efficient care and an infusion of federal funds that averted potential insolvency. I can understand why well-intentioned hospital staff would prefer to prop up the "noble lie" if it meant a path to financial stability and averting city-wide hospital shutdowns, even - especially - if they had to "fake" it.

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I think the claims about financial problems are overstated but hospital system finance is neither my speciality nor my particular interest

I view hospitals as very similar to restaurants and hotels: They need to be full and busy to be solvent and profitable.

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Oct 7Edited

Just noting that in 2021 the death rate at Elmhurst was still well above pre-2020 levels, at 2.75%. The number of deaths was similar to early 2010s levels, but the percentage was 1 full point above the 2009-2013 average.

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Yes, but without any of this being a time-series, it doesn't say much. Also that's inpatient only (doesn't include ED). The drop in total discharges over time is interesting...

We already know that there were death waves in early 2021 and late 2021/22 - neither of which came close to the death spike of spring 2020.

Stating the obvious here, but the fact that total inpatient discharges dropped in the "COVID pandemic" year should tell us something...

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