OLOL official at JBE presser says hospitals are full (they aren’t)

We had more than 1000 more people in hospitals months ago and they weren’t full then.

It’s bullshite

Yeah, even I, who usually tries to give the benefit of the doubt to these officials, heard that, tilted my head and said "what?".


That was blatant fearmongering.

They weren’t full back when there were twice as many people in the hospital?

This is why no one listens to these people.

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They weren’t full back when there were twice as many people in the hospital?

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Hospitals operate at above 85% capacity constantly. It’s how they make money. And one thing these people never talk about is average turnovers rate. It doesn’t matter if the hospital is at 90% capacity if it’s a revolving door. And if it’s full of elective surgery patients and people undergoing treatment, etc...

Saying hospitals having patients in them is a bad sign is like saying we’re running out of food because restaurants are full and if we don’t empty the restaurants now there won’t be food anymore.

It’s almost like government is using this “pandemic” as a blatant power grab. Go get your mask!

You don’t want to end up at some of the Louisiana hospitals.

From La DHH update today:
Statistics and Data Roll-Up:
As of 1030 on 7.11.20:
• Total hospital bed capacity is 14,806 beds.
• Hospitals are using 62.7% of overall capacity.
• The number of beds available is 5,518.
• 1,599 Hospital ventilators were available.
• 1,244 portable ventilators (EPV) were available.

JBE put it out there so now it’s reported as fact. No reporter challenged him on it. So it’s out there and all we can do is complain here and stay frustrated. I’m pissed baws. This is all bull shite.

I work in a local hospital. We have more employees out sick with covid than we have inpatients with covid. I'm at work now with not much to do!