Only One Third of Kentucky ICU Beds Filled With Covid

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

One third of all beds - likewise Covid.

46% of all beds - unoccupied.

Even with case numbers triple previous all-time highs.

Commissioner of Public Health says “fortunately” Omicron is sending less people to the ICU. And “We don’t appear to have any danger of running out of ventilators.”

News HEADLINE to story - “Heathcare system overwhelmed”

Paragraph below Commissioner quote - “With an overwhelming amount of COVID patients filling hospitals, patients with non-Covid ailments are not receiving the help and care they need.”

“Journalism.”

Real problem - staffing - which Commish attributes to retirements due to “PTSD of a different sort”

 

[TomEric4756]

It seems to me that the time to prohibit “elective procedures“ has passed.
As has the insistence that heathcare workers, especially who have experienced COVID-1, need to be vaccinated regardless of their personal beliefs and circumstances.

Or is the idea to control health care costs by denying care? … by limiting the supply of care?