Originally Posted by
FrohnB
The same can be said here in my region.
A couple of local news stations (ABC, CBS) said that the hospitals were "climbing towards capacity in line with other parts of the nation", but when an independent investigation was done, it was found that most hospitals around the country normally operate at around a 61% capacity (national average [43% Rural/ 61% Urban]). This covers ER occupancy, ICU, Elective operations, Birthing, Staff, etc, etc. When they looked at the percentage of hospitalizations due to covid in my state they found that only 5% of the capacity was attributed to the coronavirus. Also it showed that we still had 35% available capacity averaged across the state during the "height of the pandemic", and are now sitting at 44% availability.
Out of 374 available ventilators we used 44 for "Covid patients" (12%).
We have only had 427 people "require hospitalization" in my state. In the beginning they said we would have close to 100,000 hospitalizations. Again....Wow! Were they WRONG!
The news stations in question tried to give people the impression that hospitals here were "on the brink", when in reality, they're operating at the normal "pre-pandemic" state & national average.
Remember when they put up all of those Covid tent hospitals at a hefty cost, and then only treated a handful of people? GIANT waste of money and resources.
Remember when they brought the hospital ships to the coasts, and then decided after a month to pull up anchor and get out of town, after only treating a total of 70 people (USS Mercy) and 182 people for the USS Comfort?! HUGE waste of money, resources and time.
Don't let the media lie to you!
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