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Old 08-16-2021, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by ctmurray View Post
ICU beds need to be available for all the people who have other events such as heart attacks and accidents. The FL plot clearly shows how the Covid surge is pushing out other users. FL is blessed with lots of ICU beds due to having lots of old people and many hospitals. But the graph clearly shows that this surge is bigger than those in the past. AND, I have read that Covid ICU patients require more staff. So besides the actual bed and equipment you have to have staff. I think doctors consider running at 91% of total capacity and nearly 50% are Covid a dire situation.

The stats do not support that exaggerated statement. A surge of hospitalizations but not greater than the past unless you are suggesting the immediate past. In that case, anything greater is a surge.