CottageHealthSystem
Source: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH)
At SBCH, 23 hospitalized patients have confirmed COVID. Of these, 1 is in critical care. Compared to two weeks ago (December 20, 2021), the number of hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID was 8.
Visitor Policy Update
With the new surge of COVID cases now rapidly spreading throughout our community, it is necessary to pause visitation at Cottage Health to best protect patients and staff. As of Wednesday, January 5, 2022, no visitors will be allowed for most patients in the hospitals. This is a difficult decision but it is critical that our hospitals maintain capacity for ongoing care. We appreciate the community’s efforts to maintain safe practices and look forward to when we can again invite visitors back into the hospitals as safely as possible.
The community can help by using all tools available to prevent the spread of COVID: getting a vaccination and a booster when eligible, testing, isolating if positive or symptomatic, masking and distancing.
It is important to pay attention to the wording: hospitalized patients *with* Covid does not necessarily mean they were admitted *because* of COVID. Any of those patients could be in the hospital for a broken leg, routine surgery, etc.. Fauci himself even said this about how pediatric cases are being counted as COVID hospitalizations when it merely means that they happened to test positive while under care.
True! Some existing patients could have gotten covid from visitors during the holidays.
SOCAL: You are correct. Even the hospitalization metric is being skewed. I believe it’s been said the best metric to track is ICU admits and not just hospitalizations. Looking at the ICU admits there very little change over the last 6-9 months. We are in a vastly different situation than one year ago. We keep shooting ourselves in the foot with a disease that is now completely manageable. It’s not just me saying this, I am hearing this directly from healthcare workers working with COVID patients. It now really feels like the policy makers are completely out of touch with the situation on the ground where it matters.
Yes, especially after serious surgeries or cases of paralysis, or when immunocompromised.
What nonsense, as usual for you.
Are you saying Covid doesn’t spread and we should leave the hospitals open? I know a 10 year old that was admitted with MIS-C 2 weeks after having Covid. Sorry, no sympathy for Covid denialists.
SOCALMOMMY – actually, for the purpose of this article, it is completely irrelevant whether they were admitted due to COVID or caught it while hospitalized for something else. This article is announcing a change in visitation policy to hopefully reduce infection. It’s highly likely that visitors brought it at least some of the cases. That’s the point.
in the hospital “with Covid”. Not because of Covid.
Fauci admitted to these misleading practices recently on tv.
NYC just admitted to overstating the numbers. Last Summer Alameda county also admitted to overestimating by 25%.
Over a year ago the Cook County, IL Pub Health Director stated they were overstating Covid deaths.
Cottage Hospital, how many people are in the hospital because Covid put them there?
Seriously, enough of the games & start being honest.
9:32 – Actually, current data analysis shows that we have been undercounting COVID deaths. And there’s no doubt at all, with our pitiful testing measures, that we are overcounting cases.
It’s easier for hospitals to keep the riff-raff out with a blanket policy and then make exceptions. It’s a bummer but it is what it is. At least it sounds better than 2020. I had a family member in the hospital with a life threatening medical condition (non covid) and for 10 days they wouldn’t let any family member in.
Deaths are way higher than official “counts”.
“The raw death count gives us a sense of scale: for example, the US suffered roughly 470,000 excess deaths in 2020, compared to 352,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths during that year.”
So we are well over a million extra deaths just due to covid by now. At least 1 million families grieving.
I was referring to what Eggs specifically said that was directed at me, “It’s a shame, SBSAND, that you have such a callous disregard for the health of your community. What made you go so astray from basic human empathy and compassion, and how can you get back to a place where you love your neighbor?”
EGGS ACKLEY’s comments amuse me. They are a good example of not loving one’s neighbor, judging and doing/saying all the things he/she claims to condemn in others. Except none of us is in a place to condemn or judge anyone. Love thy neighbor has sadly gone out the window, including in those who profess to love their neighbor, yet they don’t love all of them only those they agree with or like.
ANDREA – Eggs appears to be pro-mask, pro-vax. How is that not “loving your neighbor?”
I dont have to love my neighbor if they blatantly endanger me or others. sorry no thanks to that ridiculous comment.
SBSAND – I don’t know, looks like Andrea is one of those complaining that people are being “mean” to those who “don’t agree” about getting vaxxed and helping to protect their community. Saying none “none of us is in a place to condemn or judge anyone” when it comes to this is wrong. We SHOULD judge those who refuse to care about their family and their neighbors. That might or might not be you, but I think Andrea’s comment was more in general. Apologies in advance if I misinterpreted you.
*extra deaths due to covid and the lockdown policies in response to covid. Fixed it.
I am dismayed by the unreasonable and illogical positions expressed by Covid deniers. Cottage has to add a wing for Covid patients, staff is dramatically reduced impacting non-critical care, staff heroically goes to work with full knowledge that they will likely come down with covid.
The culture of lying in the face of irrefutable facts is disheartening; as is the underlying mental health crisis spurred by the former administration and its minions. Why have you decided to join to legions of the devil’s disciples?
True! Some existing patients only get visits during holidays.
It’s a shame, SBSAND, that you have such a callous disregard for the health of your community. What made you go so astray from basic human empathy and compassion, and how can you get back to a place where you love your neighbor?
SACJON just wearing a mask and being provax is not loving one’s neighbor when you are a nasty jerk about it. If you truly loved your neighbor you would love those you don’t agree with either.
ANDREA – refusing to wear a mask and get vaxxed, yet insist on being in public is a selfish and anti-loving thy neighbor mindset. It’s not a “disagreement.” It’s hard to “love” someone who doesn’t care about their family and community.
Ms. Smith is the least loving and most judgmental person on this board, and that comment is a fine example.
I know an asymptotic person who had no idea he was Covid positive. Absolutely no symptoms whatsoever. Omicron seems overblown. Hopefully this is Covid-19’s last gasp.
Indeed the comment layout is nuts and they can’t be bothered to fix it. (I actually offered my programming services for free to the management and they blew me off). Basically: read the top level replies to the article from top to bottom, but read all the comments below the top level comments bottom to top … responses to comments are *above* the comment they’re a reply to, except for responses to the top level comment.
“I am hearing this directly from healthcare workers working with COVID patients.”
You’ve never spoken to a healthcare worker working with COVID patients.