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It's a large lab. Perhaps a couple hundred work there.

...but even still, 3 admitted to hospital for flu symptoms in that demographic is very high, statistically - even if literally ALL employees caught the seasonal flu at the same time.

>>koheri+(OP)
What data are you using? In China people go to the hospital for a cold routinely. People also used to do so in my country until the government cracked down on it, fwiw.

And no its not a couple hundred. 600 people work at that lab. So 3 people with seasonal illness out of 600 at one time is incredibly unremarkable.

>>koheri+(OP)
Considering how contagious COVID is and how serious it was when it was new and we hadn't yet figured out effective treatments, wouldn't only 3 being admitted to hospitals be way too low statistically if what they had was COVID and they worked at the source of the outbreak?

>>sudosy+67
sudosysgen says>" In China people go to the hospital for a cold routinely. People also used to do so in my country until the government cracked down on it, fwiw."

Yes, but these were three staff who work with infectious diseases and so would not be expected to use hospital resources frivolously. In fact, they would be considered shirkers to do so for a cold. If a doctor at a hospital needs an aspirin he merely takes it - he doesn't check into the hospital, take a bed, etc.

>>giardi+8v
They didn't take a bed.

Again, I don't think you understand the context. There is no claim they took a bed or took any resources beyond going to see a someone, not even necessarily a doctor, and then leaving, perhaps for as little as 30 minutes.

I don't see that they're necessarily using any resources in a detrimental way, I'd expect that if they were this practice would be curbed. It is China after all.