>My area experienced a hospital overload and that was very debilitating. Are you sure? Are you really sure? As opposed to just hearing dire warnings? My unders

>My area experienced a hospital overload and that was very debilitating. Are you sure? Are you really sure? As opposed to just hearing dire warnings? My understanding is that all or almost all of the predicted overload of hospitals never actually happened. In Wales, for example, Millennium Stadium was converted into a temporary field hospital with 300 beds and capacity to expand to 2000 beds. It was such a big deal that a public contest was held to name it Dragon's Heart Hospital <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital>. However, said hospital never had more than 46 patients at one time, and was closed in six weeks for lack of use! Even in NYC, which really did see overloaded hospitals briefly in March-April 2020, USNS Comfort treated a total of 179 patients. USNS Mercy treated a total of 77 patients in LA.