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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
I guess? If they aren't true issues I don't see why ICUs are overflowing in some areas.
Covid Hospitalizations Hit Crisis Levels in Southern I.C.U.s
By Charlie SmartSept. 14, 2021
Hospitals in the southern United States are running dangerously low on space in intensive care units, as the Delta variant has led to spikes in coronavirus cases not seen since last year’s deadly winter wave.
One in four hospitals now reports more than 95 percent of I.C.U. beds occupied — up from one in five last month. Experts say it can become difficult to maintain standards of care for the sickest patients in hospitals where all or nearly all I.C.U. beds are occupied.
In June, when Covid-19 cases were at their lowest level, less than one in 10 hospitals had dangerously high occupancy rates.
In Alabama, all I.C.U. beds are currently occupied. In recent days, dozens of patients in the state have needed beds that were not available, according to data published by the Department of Health and Human Services.
“It means they’re in the waiting room, some are in the back of ambulances, things of that nature,” said Jeannie Gaines, a spokesperson for the Alabama Hospital Association.
In Texas, 169 hospitals have I.C.U.s that are more than 95 percent full, up from 69 in June. There are only about 700 intensive care beds remaining across the entire state, according to recent data.
Hospitals in Houston constructed overflow tents last month to handle the influx of patients, and the rate of hospitalizations in the state is now 40 percent higher than when the tents were built.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...icu-south.html |
You realize that ICU’s at almost max capacity is exactly where hospitals want to be right? That’s what they budget for and where they make max profits.
The problem is when they don’t plan enough because they were told the vaccine would prevent transmission at a higher rate (because it did pre delta) and they didn’t stop elective surgeries.
They are also taking in people into the ICU for issues non covid - but if they asymptomatic they still count towards their numbers.
In a wreck, but test positive with no symptoms - covid in icu.
Took a gunshot wound, but test positive with no symptoms - covid in icu
Almost 60% of the hospitalizations are mild to asymptomatic- think about it for a second