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Alabama has more intensive care patients than ICU beds, official says
The Hill ^ | 08/18/2021 | Cameron Jenkins

Posted on 08/18/2021 8:11:32 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A top Alabama health official this week announced that the state has more intensive care patients than ICU beds to care for them.

Alabama Hospital Association President Don Williamson told an NBC News affiliate station in Montgomery on Tuesday that the state hospital system is facing a “negative” number of available ICU beds.

“We’ve never been here before. We are in truly now in uncharted territory in terms of our ICU bed capacity,” Williamson said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alabama; icu; intensive; patients
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You had how long to fix this........
1 posted on 08/18/2021 8:11:32 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How many are being used for black on black crime victims ?


2 posted on 08/18/2021 8:15:58 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lock her down. And triple mask. And get the 3rd and 4th boosters asap! Or else. And have your papers handy. Freakin’ twilight zone episode.


3 posted on 08/18/2021 8:16:12 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lock her down. And triple mask. And get the 3rd and 4th boosters asap! Or else. And have your papers handy. Freakin’ twilight zone episode.


4 posted on 08/18/2021 8:16:13 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How many are vaxed?


5 posted on 08/18/2021 8:19:41 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Predictably smug user comments for “The Hill” about stupid Red State voters. Wait until we shift into the Fall and people in Northern states spend more time indoors.


6 posted on 08/18/2021 8:19:43 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They ccould treat CCPVirus patients early with any one of half a dozen therapeutic drugs that will stop it in its’ tracks, but noooo, they have to let people sicken until they have to be hospitalized.

This is tantamount to murder. How do they live with themselves?


7 posted on 08/18/2021 8:20:02 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (Eleutheromaniac)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

icu beds are a small fraction of hospital capacity, less than 10% of all beds in a hospital


8 posted on 08/18/2021 8:20:38 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did they do anything to expand their capacity in the last year and a half? If not, why not? This was easily foreseeable and failing to plan and implement is gross dereliction of duty. Or worse.


9 posted on 08/18/2021 8:20:44 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Alabama as of 14 July 2021
Source: https://stacker.com/stories/4351/hospital-capacity-every-state

- Hospital capacity as of July 14:
-— Inpatient beds: 76.8% occupied (9,919 beds, #6 highest of all states)
-— ICU beds: 84.0% occupied (1,638 beds, #2 highest)
- Current COVID-19 hospitalizations as of July 23:
-— 1,547 patients hospitalized (31.8 per 100,000 people, #8 highest among all states)
- Total state COVID-19 counts as of July 23:
-— 74,212 cases (1,526 per 100,000 people, #11 highest)
-— 1,397 deaths (28.7 per 100k, #20 highest)
-— 619,527 tests (12,735 per 100k, #20 lowest)
-— 8,995 hospitalizations (184.9 per 100k)


10 posted on 08/18/2021 8:21:56 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The ICU capacity is such a scam. About 30 years ago, hospital administrators trying to squeeze out every dime of profit they could, started using statistical analysis to make sure ICU resources were not wasted. If ICU beds averaged only 50% full, they felt they were wasting money. Over time the capacity was decreased to such an extent it all but guarantees shortages at times of peak demand. This has been happening for years during flu season.


11 posted on 08/18/2021 8:24:55 AM PDT by Codeflier (Please stop calling these violent totalitarian collectivist Democrats, liberals. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

But how many are COVID patients? And how many are COVID patients with the vaxx?

Without basic information, this is just more fear porn.


12 posted on 08/18/2021 8:25:39 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How many speak English? Biden lets in 1.5 million diseased illegal aliens. Busses them or fly’s them into the states and then seem surprised when the numbers rise.

Ever hear of Monkeypox? Brought to you by 4 Nigerian illegals entering our country illelgally. Thanks Joe.

https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/20/more-than-200-people-in-u-s-being-monitored-for-possible-monkeypox-exposure-cdc-says/


13 posted on 08/18/2021 8:30:06 AM PDT by Singermom
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeh, thats what happens when people get sick and you don’t prescribe any thereputics. They get sicker and end up in the hospital. 🤔


14 posted on 08/18/2021 8:31:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This is complete bullcr@p. Unfortunately for these lying SOBs the actual numbers are available to everyone all the time these days. Alabama currently has a 70% ICU bed utilization rate which is not that much greater than during a typical flu season and currently lower than Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, every other nearby state along with many other states. As can be seen in this chart that is updated daily, and often hourly:

https://www.covidcaremap.org/maps/us-healthcare-system-capacity/#3.5/38/-96

15 posted on 08/18/2021 8:32:09 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

$$$$$


16 posted on 08/18/2021 8:32:17 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: bray

Alabama has one of the lower vaccination rates, but I think it’s still over 50% of the adult population. And by now there should be many people with natural immunity. The Delta variant was supposed to be more contagious, but less virulent, requiring fewer hospitalizations. Something isn’t adding up.


17 posted on 08/18/2021 8:35:14 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rktman

To be honest, in some parts of Alabama....if you were bad off, your family would be taking you to Nashville or Knoxville. Quality of care is always a questionable thing.


18 posted on 08/18/2021 8:35:24 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ransomnote; Pollard; grey_whiskers; tatown; metmom; Cathi

Pandemic of the Vax’d.

ADE?


19 posted on 08/18/2021 8:36:43 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those beds had better be super-sized if they are for COVID-19 patients. Moar clot shots!!


20 posted on 08/18/2021 8:38:00 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Blame Biden and pray for his downfall.)
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