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Please see my edit. There were only 250 hospitalizations of children testing positive for covid (it's also possible not all were hospitalized due to covid since
by CryptoPunk 5y ago
Please see my edit. There were only 250 hospitalizations of children testing positive for covid (it's also possible not all were hospitalized due to covid since covid testing is standard) in the US in the week ending July 31st.
- nojito 5y agoJust how many PICU beds do you think exist in the surge states?
- CryptoPunk 5y agoThere are eight PICU beds per 100,000 children in the US. That is 5-6,000 PICU beds in total: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31162205/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31162205/ I don't know the breakdown among states, but given the number of beds is at least 20X greater than the number of covid hospitalizations across the US, I don't imagine the situation will ever be that dire in a significant number of states. Also fullmoon provided evidence that suggests the shortage of PICU beds in Texas is mostly due to the immunity debt [1] being paid, and RSV spreading, with the lifting of covid containment policies: https://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/local/unusual-rsv-summer-surge-continues-in-north-texas-as-pediatric-icu-beds-dwindle-in-covid-surge/287-e353eaa1-4181-4a53-9c60-039425965453 https://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/local/unusual-rsv-s... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/08/new-zealand-children-falling-ill-in-high-numbers-due-to-covid-immunity-debt https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/08/new-zealand-ch...