Have we really ran out of hospital beds?
Rumor has it that if a hospital has 200 beds but not enough staff to cover all the beds then not all beds will be used for patients. If a hospital fires half the staff, they then have to reduce the number of beds that can be used. So when (fake) news outlets tell you a hospital is “at capacity” or “has run out of beds”, keep in mind that this doesn’t mean there are hundreds of patients needing seen. It can mean the hospital intentionally reduced their staffing which reduced the amount of beds that can be used. Reduced … Continue reading Have we really ran out of hospital beds?