I want people to understand what we mean when we say that hospitals are at "capacity"

- That means there are no more beds for patients
- If you are in a trauma and need care there is not a bed
- Your elective surgery cardiac cath, or biopsy is will be postponed

- When you come to the Emergency Room you are going to wait much longer because doctors and nurses are busy trying to manage all the patients
- You may have to stay in a bed in a hall (if you are lucky)
- Nurses will be further stretched and have less time to tend to you

- It will take longer to get your x-ray, blood draws, and any other tests you need
- Doctors will have more patients to take care of and are unable to spend as much time thinking about your care

Normally we would be able to get backup from other areas, but not in a pandemic

This is what happens as healthcare systems reach capacity and become overwhelmed

Once this happens they collapse from the overburden of patients. We have seen this before- NY, Italy, Spain, China

We need to stop this now as cases continue to exponentially worsen.