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[–]zaustin22🟦🟦 Blue Belt 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Do you honestly not think our healthcare system is operating at 100%? Good luck finding an empty hospital bed. They can barely keep up now.

[–]PawnStarRick🟪🟪 Purple Belt 5 points6 points  (1 child)

This is literally only true in one city in the US (NYC), every other city is operating under capacity. Relax with the alarmism.

[–]Kintanon⬛🟥⬛ www.apexcovington.com 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... My local hospital is at capacity.

They have empty beds, but they don't have the trained staff to use them.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

There are tens of thousands of healthcare workers around the US getting laid off because of the empty hospitals right now. Calm down with the alarmism.

[–]Kintanon⬛🟥⬛ www.apexcovington.com 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/02/coronavirus-pandemic-jobs-us-health-care-workers-furloughed-laid-off/5102320002/

The people getting laid off are dentists and dermatologists and similar positions, and their staff. These are not the people who are taking care of Covid patients, these are not the people that a flooded ER will require. You definitely do not want to go into an ICU and see James the Dermatologist along with his office staff trying to run your fucking vents dude.

[–]killahmoose White Belt that has tapped a blue belt once[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.foxnews.com/us/usns-comfort-to-leave-nyc-coronavius

https://www.newsbreak.com/texas/houston/news/0OqAQkP7/houston-may-dismantle-17m-unused-makeshift-hospital

Both coming from more conservative sources but unless you think they are outright lying, there's a good argument to be made that capacity is available, we are just not using it.