Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
I think they would actually test people being hospitalised. Just to know what precautions to take. You really don't want to start building clusters in the hospitals, and you have too many at risk people in hospitals to begin with.
Clusters in hospitals happen all the time. At best they only test symptomatic patients, and if so, it only started very recently.
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do not use logic. This is Japan, anyone here will tell you that)
My local hospital had a cluster problem last year and couldn't take any new patients for nearly a week because the docs were all sick.
A quick google search reveals:
From 2020
Director explains hospital caught off-guard by cluster infection
From 2021:
10-case COVID cluster hits Japanese hospital, 6 double-vaccinated
Also 2021:
Okinawa hospital Covid-19 cluster results in 64 deaths in last few weeks
Today:
Medical care close to buckling in some areas in face of 7th wave
(in it they mention that its not simply a bed occupancy issue, but staff infections are making hospitals very strained)