[teejers1]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/axios/status/1321955121761189888?s=20[/tweet]

The 88,000 number is bad, but the real concerning aspect is that hospitals are starting to become strained.  Over/under on breaking 100,000 cases by election day?

BC

You know hospital capacity is my bugaboo, so I took interest in your descriptor "starting to become strained" and what that means.  Nothing in the link you posted, which I think was just a tweet.

But the Utah reports were bad on that front, as is El Paso.  We may see other locales with similar capacity issues, though it's possible we will not.  In all events, that should be the driver, and I agree that as you approach real capacity constraints (not theoretical ones), then it's time to pull back/tighten the restrictions.

Meanwhile, SCC remains ridiculously well positioned on the hospital front, as it has throughout all the "surges" and case "explosions."

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pag...x#capacity

(And I say ridiculous because our "Dear Bureaucrat" seems to think those numbers are meaningless).

[teejers1]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/axios/status/1321955121761189888?s=20[/tweet]

The 88,000 number is bad, but the real concerning aspect is that hospitals are starting to become strained.  Over/under on breaking 100,000 cases by election day?

BC

You know hospital capacity is my bugaboo, so I took interest in your descriptor "starting to become strained" and what that means.  Nothing in the link you posted, which I think was just a tweet.

But the Utah reports were bad on that front, as is El Paso.  We may see other locales with similar capacity issues, though it's possible we will not.  In all events, that should be the driver, and I agree that as you approach real capacity constraints (not theoretical ones), then it's time to pull back/tighten the restrictions.

Meanwhile, SCC remains ridiculously well positioned on the hospital front, as it has throughout all the "surges" and case "explosions."

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pag...x#capacity

(And I say ridiculous because our "Dear Bureaucrat" seems to think those numbers are meaningless).