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perspective is always a useful thing.
we hear a lot of stories about COV overwhelming hospitals.
but is it true?
not overall, no.
the US has ~924K hospital beds.
at it's peak, cov filled 6.4% of them.
it bottomed at 2.9% on 6/15. it's currently 3.8%.
we hear a lot of stories about COV overwhelming hospitals.
but is it true?
not overall, no.
the US has ~924K hospital beds.
at it's peak, cov filled 6.4% of them.
it bottomed at 2.9% on 6/15. it's currently 3.8%.
this whole recent "surge" has not consumed even 1% of US hospital capacity.
this is even more pronounced in ICU which peaked at 20.3% in apr.
it's currently 7.2%, 0.4% points above the post-peak lows and basically flat for a week.
this perspective is important.
this is even more pronounced in ICU which peaked at 20.3% in apr.
it's currently 7.2%, 0.4% points above the post-peak lows and basically flat for a week.
this perspective is important.
even at peak, the US system was, outside a couple places like new york, not remotely strained
docs and nurses were performing bollywood musicals on tiktok because hospitals were so dead and the lack of patients led to layoffs and furloughs
hospitals are just recovering now
docs and nurses were performing bollywood musicals on tiktok because hospitals were so dead and the lack of patients led to layoffs and furloughs
hospitals are just recovering now
trotting out some story about one small hospital that "has a full ICU" seems to be the classic go to play to stoke fears
first it was florida.
it turned out to be false. they cherry picked 2 hospitals w/ 14 ICU beds between them in a county that's fine https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1274823561635434496?s=20
first it was florida.
it turned out to be false. they cherry picked 2 hospitals w/ 14 ICU beds between them in a county that's fine https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1274823561635434496?s=20
then it was texas and houston.
yet area Q in TX (houston) has seen rising ICU availability all week and never even hit base capacity (and can easily flex to ~150% of base)
even the TX docs said there was no issue. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1276583838567653376?s=20
yet area Q in TX (houston) has seen rising ICU availability all week and never even hit base capacity (and can easily flex to ~150% of base)
even the TX docs said there was no issue. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1276583838567653376?s=20
yet here we are, locking down again to no good purpose and for no good reason.
this is not harmless clickbait being peddled.
it's generating real fear and real political action from the gutless weather-vanes we rashly mistook for leaders last election.
this is not harmless clickbait being peddled.
it's generating real fear and real political action from the gutless weather-vanes we rashly mistook for leaders last election.
it's scare stories that affect everyone, take our liberties, and wreck our businesses.
(well, not mine, we're doing great, but i am at heart a cat that sides with the small businessman)
stop feeding the troll. every time we click on scare stories, it signals media to make more
(well, not mine, we're doing great, but i am at heart a cat that sides with the small businessman)
stop feeding the troll. every time we click on scare stories, it signals media to make more
you might as well try to get rid of poison ivy by scratching it.
we need to leave it alone. don't click it. don't forward it because it was stupid and made you mad.
if you must, screenshot it but do not let it produce revenue.
only we can save us from this.
we need to leave it alone. don't click it. don't forward it because it was stupid and made you mad.
if you must, screenshot it but do not let it produce revenue.
only we can save us from this.
if you click on and forward "stupid," stupid becomes the signal and rationality the noise.
every time you do, you're signaling demand and paying to produce more.
enraging you is great business for media and makes for a terrible world.
keep calm and stop #karen-ing on.
every time you do, you're signaling demand and paying to produce more.
enraging you is great business for media and makes for a terrible world.
keep calm and stop #karen-ing on.
