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Just how many PICU beds do you think exist in the surge states?
by nojito 5y ago
Just 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...