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Hospital beds are full. ICU beds are full. They are full of covid patients.

That's the simplest I can put it. You're arguing against reality.

ICUs are always full. Literally. ICUs and ERs are on divert more often than not. At least in the USA, hospitals have a fiduciary responsibility to keep beds filled. We will just take the sicker ones now.

They absolutely are not. Our typical occupancy this time of year would be around 50% (of pre-covid capacity) which is high because it's flu season. It's currently 140% which we can only accommodate because we've expanded the capacity specifically for covid.

You don't know what you're talking about.

I can only speak for my home state. Maybe we have shit hospitals

Where did you hear that ICUs are always full? I keep hearing that from people, and I don't know if it's bullshit or not.

Do you have any sort of a source that ICUs and ERs are on divert more often than not?

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