1973 California has 60 million residents but only 4000 ICU beds (media.patriots.win) MAGA posted 112 days ago by CrashXXL 112 days ago by CrashXXL +1974 / -1 32 comments share 32 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (32) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 6 ▼ – becky21k1 6 points 112 days ago +6 / -0 Hospitals don't normally need that many ICU beds, enough for a little extra capacity and that's it. That's why tying lockdowns to hospital capacity is bullshit. You could use that to justify never ending them because they're always close to full. permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – inquimous 3 points 112 days ago +3 / -0 People are only supposed to stay in ICU briefly. They either die, improve enough to go to a lower tier, or go to long-term care. When there are only 10 ICU beds it's easy to get overloaded. permalink parent save report block reply
Hospitals don't normally need that many ICU beds, enough for a little extra capacity and that's it.
That's why tying lockdowns to hospital capacity is bullshit. You could use that to justify never ending them because they're always close to full.
People are only supposed to stay in ICU briefly. They either die, improve enough to go to a lower tier, or go to long-term care. When there are only 10 ICU beds it's easy to get overloaded.