@RobEslinger This is true but it's more varied by state and there have been times when individual states came close to or did run out of icu beds
@valleyforge
this is the kinda thing I was talking about
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/12/18/what-public-health-leaders-mean-by-0-icu-beds-available/amp/
@RobEslinger
This is some bs right here. Now I feel lied to.
"If more than 30% of ICU beds are in use by COVID-19 patients in a county, or the region as a whole, it’s reported available ICU capacity is reduced by half a percentage point for each percentage point over that threshold.
For example, 9.2% of Orange County’s staffed adult ICU beds were available by Friday, Dec. 18, according to the OC Health Care Agency. But because 57% of the county’s 628 active ICU beds were taken by coronavirus patients – well above the state’s 30% limit – Orange County’s capacity was downgraded to 0%."
@valleyforge no agenda podcast, they cover this kinda stuff all the time.
And yes, you’re being lied to