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If you want to know, 20-30% of all ICU beds in hard hit areas right now are strictly occupied by COVID patients. There is never, ever, such high usage for a single illness. Not even close. The result is stopping any and all other surgeries. There are gunshot victims being told to wait for surgery, because an ICU bed is not available. I have a friends dad, who needed cancer surgery that would prolong his life, canceled, because no ICU beds available. That is what happens when 20-30% of all ICU beds are tied up for a single illness. And its not old people now. It is much younger. There was a couple in our neighborhood, both low 30's, both fully vaccinated in May, both were in the ICU and barely made it. The church had to rally together to care for their two young kids (no family around) for the 2-weeks their parents were on ventilators.
Citation needed.
COVID-19 hospitalizations surged past 15,000 in Florida on Tuesday with more than 3,000 people requiring intensive care, setting another record as pandemic-related patients continue to fill beds, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The federal agency reported 15,169 inpatient beds in use for COVID-19 in Florida, representing about 27% of patients at the 231 hospitals that reported data.HHS showed 3,050 intensive-care beds in use for COVID-19 patients, making up 47% of total ICU beds at reporting hospitalshttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-record-hospitalizations-20210810-bn6sudypfnhbxigie43hjxd3oy-story.html
https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/mirror/13/1302/surge-capacity.pdfLooks at difference between rural and urban. Not a perfect look since they looked at licensed beds rather then the more realistic number of staffed beds but even if looking at licensed beds average ICU capacity is about 70. Couldn’t find anything on staffed beds but would guess it be pretty close to the 80%.
From Appendix 2: 2018 (or most recent) ICU weighted occupancy rates for rural and urban hospitals:Rural: 45%Urban: 65%Not sure if this is what you intended, but this doesn't seem to support your claim that either hospitals or ICUs are always full, or even running at 80% capacity.
All class ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Wokey wokey!
Par for the course ^^^^^^^^^^^^
You too? ^^^^^^^^^Resort to name calling, cause that's all you have left in the tank?This should be interesting. I'll start the popcorn.
Step 1: Come here and refer to others as "wokey wokey."Step 2: Whine about namecallingStep 3:
Delta surge has peaked. Drop the dumb mask mandates.
Tell that to me and my wife, who have it. Our school district had more cases last week then any other week, ever. 900 kids were quarantined last week, but by all means drop the mask mandate. #historyrepeatingitself
Let me type really slow for you.
I just assume everything about you is slow.
I have had COVID and have been fully vaccinated. Why should I be wearing a mask?
How many kids in that school district were seriously ill or died?
I have had COVID and have been fully vaccinated. Why should I be wearing a mask?How many kids in that school district were seriously ill or died?“Cases” needs to be put in context.
Just amazing. ^^^^^^^^Maybe not, after all.
Why, because its possible to still get Covid, be contagious, and pass it on.I ask this seriously, what the hell is so problematic about wearing a mask. When I wear a mask, and am wearing glasses, sometimes my glasses fog up. That's my biggest problem. You?How about 1? Is that enough for you? Wear a mask you kitten.