From that article: “At the predicted April 26 peak, California will have enough ICU beds to meet peak demand for COVID-19 patients, with 1,564 intensive care beds needed out of 1,993 available, the forecast stated.
A worst-case projection, however, shows the state falling far short of a possible 3,417 ICU beds needed.
The total number of hospital beds needed for COVID-19 patients in California is expected to peak at 10,468, with 26,654 available, according to the forecast. The worst-case projection is for 21,874 hospital beds needed, still within the available range.”
This means the CA economy will be shut down longest...first in, last out.
“Flattening the Curve” is extraordinarily expensive.
And it wrecks economies, delivering damage that will last decades.
Ouch
The only economy that seems shut down in Calif is retail. The lower classes that work in fast food, grocery, landscaping, construction trades, truckers, machine shops, farmers, ranchers, distribution centers, roofers, hardware stores, etc. aren’t shut down. The upper middle class who can work from home, aren’t shut down. The county and state workers sure aren’t shut down - well, some are online, but all are collecting full salary and bene’s. It’s just the lower middle class that’s shut down. Receptionists and secretaries and little shops and restaurants, and retail chain-store employees. And dentists and doctors that serve them. (the rich still have their concierge dentists and doctors)