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> was so hospitals don't get overrun. That's clearly not happening right now in most places Citation needed. Up to 3 weeks ago, California, the Southeast were

> was so hospitals don't get overrun. That's clearly not happening right now in most places Citation needed. Up to 3 weeks ago, California, the Southeast were in field hospital territory. Anecdotally, Alabama hospitals have been in overflow since July. Georgia re-established a field hospital in January at their conference center [1] hospitalizations only stopped dropping beginning at the end of January [1]https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/georgia-world-congress-center-covid-19-reopening/85-fad744a8-27f8-4767-a100-28a290e57656 https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/geor...

gjs278 6y ago
cite yourself. california was not in field hospital territory, ever. there was a ship that was docked here to take excess patients and it took 77 total patients and the left. and considering half of the hospitals capacity were closed, they could have easily used that space.
choward 6y ago
That's why I said "in most places". And that article is from December. https://www.covid-georgia.com/today-in-georgia/hospitalizations/ https://www.covid-georgia.com/today-in-georgia/hospitalizati...
- smileysteve 6y ago
  From December 22nd, for a hospital to be ready in 7 days.
- smileysteve 6y ago
  In order for "most places" find a state that is close to their ordinary vacancy rates of 30%.
  - choward 6y ago
    Why? How is that relevant?
- runako 6y ago
  The link you sent doesn't have these numbers, but many metro Atlanta hospital systems are still diverting patients from their emergency rooms (because they are full). There is currently an operational field hospital being run at the convention center. The field hospital was still operational as low the weekend. You can see ER status by hospital here: https://georgiarcc.org https://georgiarcc.org . Flip through the counties where most people live and you'll see a lot of full ERs. You should choose another region to support your argument, it's not going so well here in Georgia right now.

gjs278 6y ago

cite yourself. california was not in field hospital territory, ever. there was a ship that was docked here to take excess patients and it took 77 total patients and the left. and considering half of the hospitals capacity were closed, they could have easily used that space.

choward 6y ago

That's why I said "in most places". And that article is from December. https://www.covid-georgia.com/today-in-georgia/hospitalizations/ https://www.covid-georgia.com/today-in-georgia/hospitalizati...

smileysteve 6y ago
From December 22nd, for a hospital to be ready in 7 days.
smileysteve 6y ago
In order for "most places" find a state that is close to their ordinary vacancy rates of 30%.
- choward 6y ago
  Why? How is that relevant?
runako 6y ago
The link you sent doesn't have these numbers, but many metro Atlanta hospital systems are still diverting patients from their emergency rooms (because they are full). There is currently an operational field hospital being run at the convention center. The field hospital was still operational as low the weekend. You can see ER status by hospital here: https://georgiarcc.org https://georgiarcc.org . Flip through the counties where most people live and you'll see a lot of full ERs. You should choose another region to support your argument, it's not going so well here in Georgia right now.