Intensive care units nationwide are nearly 80 percent full.
And that is by design. ICUs are not profitable is they don't run near capacity. But you know that, don't you? You don't give any breakdowns, either. How many of those ICU bed are covid patients? You know that, too. But your intention is to hyperbolize the issue, so you don't bother with facts.
I am not a violent man. but I have such an urge to b-slap Jeffrey Klausner.
In Arizona, 83% of ICU beds are filled. 17% are empty, 7% have COIVD patients and 76% have non-COVID patients.
IOW, COVID ain’t driving squat all. And we’re nowhere near capacity.
BTW, at the peak, 66% of ICU beds in Arizona had COVID patients. Now 7%. At the absolute worst, we had 7% of ICU beds empty. Around 15% empty seems to be the goal and they can expand or contract capacity to meet the need. And we have 17% empty now.
I just looked at the WaPo article. It was printed Jan. 27, 2021, although only posted here in June 2021. I wonder how hard WaPo and the author were slapped down for making these suggestions?