I spent 5 days in an ICU in San Francisco in June because of a random heart problem. I was in a COVID equipped room but there were no COVID patients in the entire unit. Supposedly there was another ICU that had COVID patients that wasn't full yet. The nurses all wore masks but didn't make me wear one except when going to other floors for tests. They were mainly just happy to have a patient that was conscious for a change. I was the first patient one of the nurses had ever discharged from there...
Same. Cut my finger and needed 8 stitches. This was the night of Saturday July 4th. Nobody was in the ER. I had my stitches and walked out in an hour.
While I appreciate these anecdotes... that is all they are, anecdotes. Just as the claims that they are over capacity.
Also, ICU is not ER. So, you not seeing people in the ER, is kinda meaningless.
ICU is ALWAYS near or at least 80% of capacity.
I spent 5 days in an ICU in San Francisco in June because of a random heart problem. I was in a COVID equipped room but there were no COVID patients in the entire unit. Supposedly there was another ICU that had COVID patients that wasn't full yet. The nurses all wore masks but didn't make me wear one except when going to other floors for tests. They were mainly just happy to have a patient that was conscious for a change. I was the first patient one of the nurses had ever discharged from there...