They’re changing the way they report ICU capacity. Say you have a 17 bed ICU, but staff to only take care of 5 patients. When the 5 beds are full, the 17 bed ICU is at “full” capacity & if more that those 5 need an ICU bed, the ICU is ‘slammed’, etc. This helps avoid talking about staff shortages, just say ICU is full, overflowing, etc., not that they actually have beds, but no staff for them.
Also, about all the unvaxed filling up ICUs - a PA reported they had 35 in ICU, 14 unvaxed. The issue is that upon admission, they do not ask vax status at her hospital. If you got the vax within their healthcare system, it shows up on your records. If you got it at a pharmacy, vax fair, doc not in the hospital’s system, you are considered unvaxed due to no record. She either asked herself or had someone ask the 14 unvaxed their status - 9 of the 14 were actually vaxed. Big difference between 14/35 vs 5/35 unvax vs vax. The numbers are constantly misrepresented, deliberately in most cases, to further the political narrative.
Thanks for the clarification. They always politicize the numbers.