Central and Southern California have 0 percent ICU capacity

Re:Central and Southern California have 0 percent ICU capacity by somerandomboi on Saturday December 26, 2020 @10:54PM (#25548679)

Wow, simply a tragedy. It seems as though the majority of people(Southern California especially) did not adhere to safety guidelines. They virtually brought it upon themselves.

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Re:Central and Southern California have 0 percent ICU capacity by geofft on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:00PM (#25548699)

True, but while the behavior (and rate of spread) is from the population as a whole, the impact is felt by individuals. Someone who's staying home except to get essentials once a month is at significantly increased risk when they visit stores if there are more carriers - and of course someone who's staying home and develops a medical emergency completely unrelated to covid won't have an ICU bed either.

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Re:Central and Southern California have 0 percent ICU capacity by User23 on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:24PM (#25548807)

Or, alternately, hospital administration is doing an excellent job of optimizing for revenue by oversubscribing their biggest profit center.

SoCal hospitals have been infamous for sending any baby they can to the NICU for any reason so long as the parents have insurance, because regular L&D is a cost center. Is adult ICU really that different?

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