Thread by @ElonBachman

1\ Rumors of overwhelmed hospitals have become so lurid in South Africa that a chain of urgent care centers had to put out a press release denying the rumors

Let's step through the release

https://twitter.com/Red_Pilled_1/status/1344937706892177409

2\ First, the "sleeping on floors with no CPR being performed" stuff is a social media fantasy. It's not happening:

3\ General beds are at 60-91% occupancy

Some ICU wards are at full capacity

*If* they run out of capacity, they will divert patients to other facilities

This is so common in hospital systems that most hospitals have dedicated "Diversion" web pages for ambulances to consult

4\ Is South Africa having a 2nd wave? Yes

Is it anything that hospital systems around the world don't routinely deal with? No

Hospitals are busy places. They're also businesses, so they don't flex capacity up until they need it

Here's the US in 2018:

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

5\ And when you see headlines about a South African public hospital "out of capacity" for COVID-19, please know that this is as meaningful as saying "long lines at DMV"

Public hospitals in SA are always a mess:

iol.co.za/news/south-afr…