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- Mar 12, 2019
What is the normal without Corona?
Texas stated their ICUs were 97% full, but they are typically between 85-90% on any given normal day, so the 97% number was a bit misleading. There were undoubtedly more hospitalizations then normal, but it wasnt the world ending apocalypse they were predicting.
There was also the issue of they were using 97% of their NOMINAL capacity, not using any of their emergency capacity or alternative sites. Texas is still nowhere near italy levels.
I don't doubt that. The mindset is that everyone is afraid of an exponential growth in cases(which seems patently unlikely, cases already are already peaking if the current trend holds) which will push us beyond sustainable surge capacity. Remember, paranoia and panic don't care what is happening, it cares what might happen.