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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by rch on Thursday November 25, 2021 @05:49PM (#29345752)
I don't think it can be called normal when hospitals are near capacity in some states (e.g. CO).
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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by ummonk on Thursday November 25, 2021 @05:52PM (#29345781)
ICUs being near capacity is actually very normal, especially during flu season.
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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by rch on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:03PM (#29345853)
Zero availability in half the state?
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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by ummonk on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:34PM (#29346058)
Yeah that's definitely worse than normal. Though not wildly out of the norm either. A significant fraction typically are diverting to ICUs at other hospitals, but normally not half the hospitals.
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