04-20-2020, 05:22 AM
quote:Are they really? In NY the policies before Covid had many hospitals closed in the past decade and their current hospital situation was nearly maxed out and very few hospital beds available.
Originally posted by MarkP
The hospitals are overwhelmed either way and this is demonstrably worse than the flue.
The rest of the country seems to to be doing fine as far as capacity. In fact some hospitals are having to lay people off because business is slow especially in the ER sections.