1/ I work in a hospital with a steady flow of Covid. Just a few weeks ago, we were overcapacity- more ICU patients than beds, more Covid patients than isolation rooms, more telemetry patients than telemetry beds
This was in August when we usually have a lull in overall caseload
This was in August when we usually have a lull in overall caseload
https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1302593895088480257
2/ In pre-Covid winters, we typically fill to capacity & periodically have to 'surge' not even because of flu but other respiratory viruses & environmental triggers for chronic lung disease
If that happened a few weeks ago, there'd literally be no way to manage the patient load
If that happened a few weeks ago, there'd literally be no way to manage the patient load
3/ Without more aggressive reductions in circulating virus, we are on pace for not a 'twindemic,' but a 'multidemic'
This will come at a time when many hospital systems are actually cutting back staffing due to revenue losses from elective procedures
This will come at a time when many hospital systems are actually cutting back staffing due to revenue losses from elective procedures
4/ Months from now, we'll think back to this exact moment & remember how we either did what we needed to do or didn't & fell further into the spiral we're in
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