> They are running out of hospital beds I find that hard to believe, considering that these states didn't run out of hospital beds in any of the previous waves

> They are running out of hospital beds I find that hard to believe, considering that these states didn't run out of hospital beds in any of the previous waves that also had higher incidence and far higher mortality. I quote: > "Another nine states have less than 20% of their ICU beds available." This is still on the high end, by international standards. Optimal occupancy rate is estimated at 70-75%: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24373914/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24373914/ Running near capacity doesn't mean there isn't emergency capacity that can be made available, otherwise ICUs wouldn't be able to run above 100% capacity.