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Collected Item: “I.C.U. Beds Near Full Capacity Across the United States”

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I.C.U. Beds Near Full Capacity Across the United States

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article

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Across the United States, hospital I.C.U. beds are at near full capacity. The article states, "More than a third of Americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short of intensive care beds, federal data show, revealing a newly detailed picture of the nation’s hospital crisis during the deadliest week of the Covid-19 epidemic." Covid-19 deaths are rising and the capacity to care for the sickest individuals is dwindling. The winter of this pandemic could be considered the worst and most difficult time in the whole pandemic.

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#I.C.U.Beds #Winter, #HSE, #NewYorkTimes

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/09/us/covid-hospitals-icu-capacity.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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New York Times

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2020-12-09
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