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Re:Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/De... by crooked-v on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:50PM (#28732812)
Normal ICU levels are levels lower than "every available nurse and doctor is busy with ICU patients".

It's really not that complicated. Under normal conditions capacity can usually scale to meet the needs of the local community. Under COVID conditions, all theoretical capacity is already taken by COVID patients.

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Re:Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/De... by logicalmonster on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:16PM (#28766961)
Yet, healthcare systems are currently rushing to axe many thousands of unvaccinated healthcare workers. Don’t you think it sends mixed messages to be claiming that there’s such a dire shortage of ICU capacity on one hand, but to be letting so many fully capable healthcare workers go? (many of whom have already been exposed to Covid and have natural immunity anyway)
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