posted ago by Jlin ago by Jlin +9 / -1

What are your impressions of hospital capacity and this covid stuff? I'm looking to hear from those who have first hand knowledge. Thanks

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Dpatriot 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm a nurse. I don't work on covid floors but in my opinion....

This time of year hospitals are always near or at capacity. Well generally speaking theyre usually pretty full. They have to make money somehow.

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I_AM_NOT_A_SIMP 1 point ago +1 / -0

And please let us know if there's any shenanigans with covid testing and if you can prove some people who died of "covid" but really died of anything else and if you can let us know how they are doing the coronavirus testing like specifically what type of tests and how sensitive they are

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tellittothedead1 1 point ago +1 / -0

I work on a floor with mostly covid patients. I’m not sure if the whole hospital is at capacity, but it’s busy and heavy patients.

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anon492485 1 point ago +1 / -0

I work in 3 hospitals and they're all basically full. Sending patients home or to other hospitals if beds can be found.

8-10% of people with COVID will need to be hospitalized. With hospital treatment, very few of them die. If hospitals get full around the country, more will die (maybe 3-5% of cases) because of lack of access to a hospital.

The big thing people don't realize is how little unused capacity the country has in hospitals. COVID isn't Ebola, but our hospital system only has the capacity for a fraction of a percent of the population to be receiving treatment at the same time.

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Jlin [S] -1 points ago +1 / -2

They were saying this was going to happen back in April. That was what the "two weeks to flatten the curve" was all about, to remove strain from hospitals. They have since had what, 9 months to prepare, why haven't they?

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anon492485 1 point ago +1 / -0

The curve did flatten back in April but with winter and people getting tired of restrictions the cases have spiked again and are around twice the previous high point.

Hospitals have prepared as much as they can, but those preparations couldn't include increasing size. A hospital with 200 beds can still only treat 200 patients plus wherever they have space for a few more.