Twitter Thread: Occupancy Data for New York's Covid "Epicenter" Hospital Contradicts Perception

Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens was not bursting at the seams with patients in spring 2020, per data from the agency that operates the hospital.

Earlier this week, I posted a thread with data I received from New York City Health + Hospitals for Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens that contradict impressions given about how full the hospital was during the initial weeks of stay-home orders.

Elmhurst is a public hospital, repeatedly characterized as New York’s covid-19 “epicenter.” It was elevated …