REVEALED! There's a reason why so many officials in California are caught off guard trying to respond to a simple question: "What was the ICU capacity around this same time last year?"

They fear... embarrassment!

We just uncovered details which they tried to delete.
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Los Angeles County and the Hospital Association created a pandemic plan back in 2009. They got rid of the document recently but the internet is forever.

Key chart: ICUs OPERATE ABOVE 90% EVERY SEASON!
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Even the appendix with its lengthy array of admission numbers shows us that we're not even close to emergency room admission during the worst pandemic projections.
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Compare that to ALL hospitals in L.A. over the past several months... even nearing our biggest bursts here in Q4.
- % inpatients lower
- % ICUs lower
- ER admissions lower

I'm all for a buffer zone and many counties are pulling all elective surgeries
BUT...
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But the pandemic planning doc: "The reduce elective admissions (REA) intervention only results in occupancy rate decreases of approximately 0.5%..."

Even their own planning documents say that the interventions we're using are BOGUS!

Hey reporters - start asking questions!

Original (deleted): https://hasc.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/la_county_pandemi_flu_hspmfr.pdf?1324076761

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201207042830/https://www.hasc.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/la_county_pandemi_flu_hspmfr.pdf?1324076761

Interactive tool from @Rational_Ground https://rationalground.com/data/hospital-data-facility-level/