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Old Dec 17, 2020, 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by downinit
But down from 125 in October (when everything was 'ok') to 85 now is hardly a significant change, certainly not on the scale of what they are reporting. Even back when they cleared out all of the hospitals and set up surge capacity in the spring, it was never over 200 available beds. A 65% reduction from the peak is certainly worth noting, but it doesn't quite constitute the dire warnings being issued.
I will note that in October, when 124 ICU beds were available in Los Angeles County, the COVID ICU bed utilization rate was 15%. Last week, when only 85 beds were available, the COVID ICU bed utilization rate was up to 35%.
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