Houston ICU is 90% full and expected to exceed capacity in just 2 weeks

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" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."
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12:29p, 6/24/20
lets try this again, this graph from yesterday showing us at end of season:



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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 12:33p, 6/24/20
Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

Turner is a lib, thus a liar, so don't believe anything he says.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 12:34p, 6/24/20
Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."


I don't see how this is an issue.

It appears that most ICU use is probably because people put off procedures due to covid and now it is catching up with everyone. if only 27% is from COVID then COVID is not the sole issue.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 12:36p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/proposed-early-warning-monitoring-and-mitigation-metrics/

What's the latest orders put in place in Harris County? I'm not up to date on them.

Houston is one of the biggest if not the biggest hub for medical care. This is scary.
Just another lie from a liar.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 12:37p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."
He's a liar just like you. Liar.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 12:38p, 6/24/20
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Bro. Just stop. Take it to the corona forum.
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12:43p, 6/24/20
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Look, we tried couples therapy (the shutdown), it kind of worked but just slowed the inevitable and we lost a lot of money and time.

Now, we are just going full bore divorce. There's going to be some hurting, but it will be over with sooner, and we can get on with our lives instead of these big flare up arguments every few days.
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In reply to CrottyKid • 12:46p, 6/24/20
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CrottyKid said:
Look, we tried couples therapy (the shutdown), it kind of worked but just slowed the inevitable and we lost a lot of money and time.

Now, we are just going full bore divorce. There's going to be some hurting, but it will be over with sooner, and we can get on with our lives instead of these big flare up arguments every few days.
Can we make sure the Corona Carls and Karens get custody of the kids (Dems)?"
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Can the mods please enact a policy that if you don't at least have an Ag tag you can't start a thread and are limited to a handful of posts a day??? Exceptions can be made for long time non Ag tag members and posters that aren't BSC. This crap is getting exhausting.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 1:24p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/proposed-early-warning-monitoring-and-mitigation-metrics/

What's the latest orders put in place in Harris County? I'm not up to date on them.

Houston is one of the biggest if not the biggest hub for medical care. This is scary.
Don't care. We're a gun store. Police have been in the store since the last order and haven't said a word to us. But hey, keep fear mongering. I'm loving the extra traffic.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 1:31p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/proposed-early-warning-monitoring-and-mitigation-metrics/

What's the latest orders put in place in Harris County? I'm not up to date on them.

Houston is one of the biggest if not the biggest hub for medical care. This is scary.
Thank you Karen. That will be all. Your contributions are no longer required on this thread.

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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 1:34p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."
So, first off, Turner is an idiot and actively lies to make political points. This is well known so you repeating him shows you either are uninformed or you are falling into the same thing. Either way, I can make statistics up to make anything look good.

Just from those numbers, there's a lot of missing info and a lot of misleading info at that. So first off, ICU beds are 97% full and 27% are covid, but what is the percentage of those that are in for covid complications versus the number that were in for other things and simply tested positive for covid? I bet you don't know. I can't find it anywhere because, again, Turner manipulates facts for his own agenda. Or he just lies. If you want, ask Houston PD and Houston FD about that. They probably have a few words for you.

Regardless, you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Chill out. Actually, ignore all I said. Keep fear mongering. I'm making a lot of money. And pardon me while I go sell some more guns.
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1:59p, 6/24/20
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I wonder what was going on in Houston 2-3 weeks ago? Protests anyone?

Plus, corona patients aren't the majority of ICU patients,!
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In reply to TheEyeGuy • 2:21p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."
So, first off, Turner is an idiot and actively lies to make political points. This is well known so you repeating him shows you either are uninformed or you are falling into the same thing. Either way, I can make statistics up to make anything look good.

Just from those numbers, there's a lot of missing info and a lot of misleading info at that. So first off, ICU beds are 97% full and 27% are covid, but what is the percentage of those that are in for covid complications versus the number that were in for other things and simply tested positive for covid? I bet you don't know. I can't find it anywhere because, again, Turner manipulates facts for his own agenda. Or he just lies. If you want, ask Houston PD and Houston FD about that. They probably have a few words for you.

Regardless, you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Chill out. Actually, ignore all I said. Keep fear mongering. I'm making a lot of money. And pardon me while I go sell some more guns.
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 2:25p, 6/24/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/proposed-early-warning-monitoring-and-mitigation-metrics/

What's the latest orders put in place in Harris County? I'm not up to date on them.

Houston is one of the biggest if not the biggest hub for medical care. This is scary.
You are lying. You know what the latest orders are.
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In reply to bmks270 • 3:02p, 6/24/20
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Did I just travel back in time 90 days?
Nope! You missed it...by 2 weeks.
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Los Angeles County public health director: 'Highly likely' George Floyd protests caused coronavirus spike.'

[url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/la-county-public-health-director-highly-likely-george-floyd-protests-caused-coronavirus-spike][/url]https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/la-county-public-health-director-highly-likely-george-floyd-protests-caused-coronavirus-spike


We are all being made to pay for a spike likely caused by the marches and protests. The mayor of Houston won't even consider that it was a factor.

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3:06p, 6/24/20
Turner, Hidalgo, All other Democrats and the news are playing fast and loose with the numbers.

Early on a major hospital in the TMC and it's network of hospital had 1,000 beds to manage Covid. Plenty of beds available.

This major hospital has seen a rise in its ICU beds because more folks are driving to work and working. Sooooo there are more car crashes and accidents of all kinds.......some of these folks are coming in with with COVID and did not know they had it. The TMC is returning to being the recipients of trauma care patients.

Also the folks who are having elective surgery are still slightly above 10% with COVID and not know it.

So the number of available ICU beds are decreasing because people are having accidents. Not because a tsunami of COVID cases.



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Just spend an hour next to the medical center on a regular weekend and you will see a constant stream of care flights flying in and out. Figure the ICU is always close to capacity
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OP is Joe Biden taking a break from porn in his basement.
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Adam and Jamie wanted to weigh in on this thread...
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Seriously though, every single time someone starts a scare thread on the coronavirus it's proven to be hype. It's time to start ignoring these folks (that includes Abbott). I'm done with this.
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In reply to GeorgiAg • 10:04a, 7/6/20
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Perfect!
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During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.
They do not build hospitals to stay empty or even half empty. Hospitals want to be at +90% occupancy. That makes them efficient and profitable.

Well before Corona came along I have had a couple of family members that had to wait for open beds in the hospital ICU. It is not uncommon.
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10:06a, 7/6/20
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I guess the hospitals aren't full because Abbott told everyone they had to wear masks?
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In reply to Toptierag2018 • 10:14a, 7/6/20
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Toptierag2018 said:
" During a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 97 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled. A report from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) said 27 percent of those beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.

According to data published earlier this week by the TMC, a network of health care and research institutions based in Houston, 90 percent of the city's ICU beds were filled as of Monday. Virus patients accounted for more than one-quarter of those occupancies."


You, Turner, and Hidalgo are the exact reason non healthcare folks should stay away from making decisions related to healthcare. We always run at 90%+ capacity. It is not uncommon for us to hit 100%. As someone in the hospital management I am tired of the fear mongering from people who don't have a clue about how hospitals run. As of right now we have plenty of room and if anything is a concern, it is staffing. We are currently resolving this issue and it will soon no longer be an issue.
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In reply to Bert315 • 10:18a, 7/6/20
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They've lost all credibility and this goes with the mask thing too. If someone is stupid enough to believe a lie after believing it the previous 9 times then they deserve what they get.
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In reply to Bert315 • 10:21a, 7/6/20
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I kind of wish we still had the overflow temp hospitals in Dallas and Houston and we just opened up the whole thing. IF we needed extra beds then use the temp ones. Shutting down "elective " surgery and bankrupting businesses and people is not the right answer.
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10:29a, 7/6/20
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Two more days before we are out of room.
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10:33a, 7/6/20
Just 2 more weeks guys.
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^^^^^^^
This got flagged? I have no idea what's in the black box, but baaaahahahahhaha. Come on guys.
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It was funny and not even remotely offensive. Gotta do better TA.
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