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Arizona's COVID-19 spread is 'alarming' and action is needed, experts warn

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    skybrian
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    From the article:

    From the article:

    Arizona's largest hospital system warned over the past week that its intensive care units are filling up, ventilator use was on the rise and capacity was reached for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment.

    The state health director sent a letter June 6 to hospitals urging them to "fully activate" their emergency plans.

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    1. krg
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      For context, here are the projections for Arizona. If you scroll down to "hospital resource use" (in particular "ICU beds"), you'll get a clearer picture. They'll be over ICU capacity by ~200...

      For context, here are the projections for Arizona. If you scroll down to "hospital resource use" (in particular "ICU beds"), you'll get a clearer picture. They'll be over ICU capacity by ~200 beds. If I did the numbers right... they have ~7 ICU beds per 100,000 people, compared to ..say.. California, which has ~5 ICU beds per 100,000 people. Yet, California's ICU bed usage hasn't even reached half its capacity. Looks like a case of lax social distancing on Arizona's part.

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