Health care leaders left public comments for Southwest District Health, advocating for a mask order. The board never discussed it.

St. Luke’s says it had an all time high of 100 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday.

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Some concerning details in these reports. Testing positivity rate at St. Luke’s in Nampa was 20%. Nampa and Meridian ICUs were both full Tuesday morning.
Saint Al’s predicts it will run out of ICU beds in Nampa in 2-3 weeks.
Meanwhile here’s a quote from board chair Bryan Elliot today:

“How many of those people can get the medical attention they need?.. at the present time, everybody can...At least the available spaces exist today at the present day at the medical facilities.”
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