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Germany has "only a few thousand" ICU beds (and while this nber has trended downward over time, it was never more than 10,000). It's misleading to not phrase th
by joshuamorton 5y ago
Germany has "only a few thousand" ICU beds (and while this nber has trended downward over time, it was never more than 10,000). It's misleading to not phrase this as a percentage, which is something like a sudden 50%+ spike in need for ICU capacity.
Of course that will overwhelm the system.
(Also paradoxically, an improved healthcare system should need fewer ICU beds, so the decrease is probably a good thing)