Except that they NEED ICU beds to treat a known percentage of COVID patients. In other words, there is a certain percentage who become critically (in danger of losing their lives) ill. And this percentage is high enough that if nothing is done they will overwhelm the medical system.
And here comes the biggest idiot..
Grady was already full. ANY outbreak of anything would overfill them, in fact they are always beyond capacity. Your comrades in the media found a convenient place for your/their narrative.
In the real world, Atlanta has tons of hospitals and beds. And there are relatively few dire cases here anyway.
I know this city like the back of my hand so take your weak shit elsewhere.