Once, when I heard a Houston hospital ICU was overrun, I called and pretended I had an aunt I was trying to place. I said I was concerned she would be around covid patients, since the hospital says their ICU is full. The person on the phone told me there was room in the ICU...that the covid patients have a special area set aside for them...which is full, but ICU had rooms.

I guess this is one way they lie. The refer to ICU, but really, it is just some beds put aside in another area.