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Need to implement Phase III in terms of ICU capacity on July 21st
( https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/overview-of-tmc-bed-status/)
Houstonâs Texas Medical Center is the worldâs largest, so has outsized bed capacity.
TMC has 2,300+ COVID positive patients in ICU and med surge beds today. https://twitter.com/sylvesterturner/status/1281387701841858562
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Need to implement Phase III in terms of ICU capacity on July 21st
( https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/overview-of-tmc-bed-status/)
Houstonâs Texas Medical Center is the worldâs largest, so has outsized bed capacity.
TMC has 2,300+ COVID positive patients in ICU and med surge beds today. https://twitter.com/sylvesterturner/status/1281387701841858562
In other words, if Houston were not home to TMC and did not have a pre-existing outsized capacity for ICU and med surge beds, we would already be experiencing the cascade effect of a lack of capacity increasing death totals.
But we are also no where near the crest of our surge.
But we are also no where near the crest of our surge.
NYC has a population three times that of Houston.
Houston currently has 2300 COVID-19 positive patients in ICU and med surge beds.
NYC âscrambledâ to turn 1,600 ICU beds into 3,500 during its surge:Girl I donât have any treats honey https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-nyc-more-than-doubled-its-icu-capacity-in-weeks-2020-4
Houston currently has 2300 COVID-19 positive patients in ICU and med surge beds.
NYC âscrambledâ to turn 1,600 ICU beds into 3,500 during its surge:Girl I donât have any treats honey https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-nyc-more-than-doubled-its-icu-capacity-in-weeks-2020-4
(Please ignore âGirl I donât have any treats honeyââI was talking to my dog and Twitter somehow went on voice dictation mode.)
(Iâm glad yâall are enjoying that little malfunction. Thatâs what I get for attempting to multi-task. For the record, Bonnie is a very good girl and deserves all the treats. Her mama just needs to go grocery shopping 
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Back to the very serious issue of ICU and med surge bed capacity, this is an excellent thread by Dr. @nickmmark: https://twitter.com/nickmmark/status/1281067680603107336
