>>8668643

>https://abc11.com/coronavirus-nc-north-carolina-covid-19-hospital-beds/6056253/

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There's little room for error when it comes to hospital capacity in North Carolina

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There's little room for error when it comes to NC hospital capacity

By Jonah Kaplan

Friday, March 27, 2020 5:38PM

RALEIGH (WTVD) – North Carolina's hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by a surge in patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19.

In Wake County specifically, current trends show that bed space would be critically low if just 1 percent of the county's population contracted the virus.

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"The reason we're trying to limit the amount of patients through social distancing is to make sure our doctors and nurses have adequate resources and time to rest up and prepare for the surge," Cody Hand, Vice President of the North Carolina Healthcare Association, said. "The physical facilities have to be able to accommodate the number of patients we have."

The ABC11 I-Team analyzed data from North Carolina Healthcare Association as well as the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

In total, the state's 17 hospital systems offer 21,444 operational beds, including 3,241 beds in intensive care units (ICU). In Wake County, WakeMed, DukeHealth and UNC Rex campuses offer a combined 1,607 beds, including just 205 ICU beds. At the present time, roughly 40% of beds are unoccupied for acute care, but only 18% in ICU.

you are right,anon. they are off by a lot. Have you checked out any other states?

On the other hand, there were only a few states where the beds available were less than projected.

New York was the worst. No wonder why Trump keeps hitting cuomo with not being prepared.

>>8668723

>“P Act”

who does SOROS ANSWER TO? P

DOES 3M ANSWER TO P, TOO?

so the virus projection model sucks, just like the climate change model

>>8668931

this is after 3m asked for a waiver from the contracts for masks they had with non-health uses.

It was another two weeks before Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed emergency legislation that included the protection against lawsuits that 3M sought, settling a long-running political battle over liability when industrial masks are used in health emergencies.

The liability waiver — which was then extended to future health emergencies in the $2 trillion stimulus package — helped open the floodgates. 3M is on track to distribute at least 31 million masks to health care workers this month, up from five million a month it was providing earlier this year, according to the company and White House officials.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/inside-americas-mask-crunch-a-slow-government-reaction-and-an-industry-wary-of-liability/