Despite what the media and the despicable hospital CEOs tell us in order to justify more lockdowns, our hospitals are not being “overrun”. Far from it, as the below information makes clear:
You want the download on hospitals?! We got that.
The only true comparison to gauge “how bad” things are is to compare our current hospital bed and utilization situation WITH past years.
Here. We. Go.
Every state, 2016-18 vs 2020 for Nov 1-9
1/ pic.twitter.com/pMOT9OUVdY— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) November 14, 2020
Utilization is important because beds fluctuate with needs. There are indeed states which are seeing a decent increase of total inpatient beds compared to average expectations. No one can deny that a 28% increase in beds in WI is significant but utilization is only up by 15%.
3/ pic.twitter.com/hq7OVuV3MW— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) November 14, 2020