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Did 2018 Have a Higher ICU Surge From Flu?

  • December 11, 2020

As COVID-19 shutdowns continue or are reinstituted in states claiming that it’s necessary because hospital ICU units are filling up, the founder of CarDash, Yinon Weiss, asks on Twitter: Why are shutdowns occurring for COVID when they aren’t done for flu? For example, according to National Health Foundation 2018 data for Los Angeles County, flu ICU occupancy baseline rates went up to 98%, yet no shutdowns were ordered. Meanwhile, rates for COVID in 2020 are at 85% and everyone is...