Any hospital working patriots here?
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Are they actually "full" like the media is saying? Are they actually full in LA and Arkansas and everywhere else? I highly doubt it but I'm just wondering if there are any first hand experiences with anyone who is currently working in hospitals where covid is "out of control" again.
Ohhh I get to answer something!! This is right in my wheelhouse working for a top 5 healthcare system in the country in data/analytics.... We had a system wide C19 inpatient census of about 4000 patients in Jan 2021 with deaths around 500 and currently have ~500 C19 inpatients as of July 2021 and C19 deaths in single digits.
A rough extrapolation for the other large hospital systems by multiplying our numbers by 10 (accounting for smaller and larger systems all together) and there would be roughly 5000 patients nationwide currently in the hospital for C19 which is a small % of beds available as every major city has a hospital with roughly 1000 beds if not multiple.
The numbers to me never matched the narrative or hype portrayed in the media. All scare tactics.