Are we about to become the #1 hotspot in the U.S.? (Houston: stats, medical)

[fnh]

Originally Posted by bu2

This is an example of the lies and misleading statistics we are told. If you look at the TMC site, they are at only 52% of total capacity. So you can talk all you want about Phase 2, but it is misleading.

There is reason to be concerned, but not reason to be scared. We are constantly lied to by the media in order to generate viewership or push an agenda.

Do you claim the TMC is misleading or pushing an agenda by reporting they are 19% into Phase 2 excess capacity? That is not positive news, no matter how you spin it.

If in a dire emergency I can technically shelter 150 people in my 5 bedroom home by lining them up in rows on the floor (I did the math), is it misleading to report my house is overcrowded with just 75?

The only lie here is the nonsense about the bogeyman media who are simply reporting what hospitals, doctors and public health professionals are telling them.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by lipbalm

This reporting Hospital beds in Houston will run out in 11 days.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitic...n-live-updates

It's been 24 days, are the beds all full?

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by fnh

2. Yesterday 337 new COVID patients were hospitalized in TMC institutions, compared to a month ago when the daily average (June 15-21) was 186 new patients per day.

How many were released yesterday? Total hospitalized has decreased last 4 days.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

But statistics take on a different picture when you plug in actual population numbers. Even if the death rate in the US is a mere 1%, that means over 3 million Americans die. In addition to the personal toll on individuals and their loved ones, 3 million Americans dying would decimate the economy.

You may be shocked to know that 3 million Americans die every year.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by mkwensky

I don't see anything misleading about what was said. Also I think your math needs work. If you divide the current occupancy of 1400 by the total Phases 1, 2 and 3 beds of 2210 beds total you get 64%, not 52%. Being in Phase 2 is not exactly a crisis, but neither is it a sustainable state. Hospitals needs to cannibalize resources to sustain the extra level of intensive care and non covid operations and procedures need to be delayed. This had nothing to do with regulations or fear - they just don't have the resources to do it.

So why weren't they furiously adding capacity and resources in April and May? The cost would be a tiny fraction of the economic cost of shutting down bars and restaurants.

[mkwensky]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

So why weren't they furiously adding capacity and resources in April and May? The cost would be a tiny fraction of the economic cost of shutting down bars and restaurants.

Based on what I've heard the bottleneck is staffing. Doctors and intensive care nurses don't grow on trees as they say, and it's hard to 'make more' in a couple of months.

[lhafer]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

So why weren't they furiously adding capacity and resources in April and May? The cost would be a tiny fraction of the economic cost of shutting down bars and restaurants.

Cuz you gotta staff new converted units. There are only so many ICU trained nurses/docs.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by mkwensky

Based on what I've heard the bottleneck is staffing. Doctors and intensive care nurses don't grow on trees as they say, and it's hard to 'make more' in a couple of months.

So why has the refrain been "we're running out of beds" and not "we're running out of doctors and nurses"? And why can't they transfer staff from low demand states or even countries? When a hurricane devastates a state, disaster assistance and power crews come in from all over the country.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by fnh

Do you claim the TMC is misleading or pushing an agenda by reporting they are 19% into Phase 2 excess capacity? That is not positive news, no matter how you spin it.

If in a dire emergency I can technically shelter 150 people in my 5 bedroom home by lining them up in rows on the floor (I did the math), is it misleading to report my house is overcrowded with just 75?

The only lie here is the nonsense about the bogeyman media who are simply reporting what hospitals, doctors and public health professionals are telling them.

No. I'm saying whoever issued that press release you are quoting is a deceitful spin.

And they aren't going to be stacking them up in the hallways. Again you are making stuff up to generate irrational fear. They are converting sections of regular rooms to ICU beds. Its on the website.

[fnh]

Originally Posted by bu2

No. I'm saying whoever issued that press release you are quoting is a deceitful spin.

And they aren't going to be stacking them up in the hallways. Again you are making stuff up to generate irrational fear. They are converting sections of regular rooms to ICU beds. Its on the website.

See, here's the thing - I didn't quote any press release at all. I quoted the Texas Medical Center's own Key Takeaways slide.