Hospitals in the midwest are starting to fill up.  I keep telling you it isn't mortality, the worry is overburdening our medical resources.  Sadly, most Americans think like you and we're seeing a gigantic spike.  I bet we see an even bigger one at Thanksgiving.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/number-of-covid-19-hospitalizations-state-by-state-july-15.html

The Atlantic's COVID tracking project compiles data directly from the websites of local or state public health authorities. When data is missing from the websites, it supplements available numbers with information from official news conferences. Data was last updated Oct. 25 or 26, depending on the state.

Hospital bed capacity counts are based on 2018 data from the American Hospital Association.

States are listed alphabetically. Not all states report both cumulative and current totals.

COVID-19 patients now hospitalized

Alabama: 967

State's hospital bed capacity: 15,278

Alaska: 50

State's hospital bed capacity: 1,636

Arizona: 837

State's hospital bed capacity: 13,846

Arkansas: 634

State's hospital bed capacity: 9,517

California: 2,991

State's hospital bed capacity: 72,511

Colorado: 586

State's hospital bed capacity: 10,574

Connecticut: 270

State's hospital bed capacity: 7,194

Delaware: 108

State's hospital bed capacity: 2,101

District of Columbia: 98

Hospital bed capacity: 3,114

Florida: 2,258

State's hospital bed capacity: 54,744

Georgia: 1,740

State's hospital bed capacity: 25,114

Hawaii: 64

State's hospital bed capacity: 2,749

Idaho: 272

State's hospital bed capacity: 3,396

Illinois: 2,638

State's hospital bed capacity: 32,066

Indiana: 1,634

State's hospital bed capacity: 18,156

Iowa: 561

State's hospital bed capacity: 9,423

Kansas: 362

State's hospital bed capacity: 9,659

Kentucky: 858

State's hospital bed capacity: 14,329

Louisiana: 609

State's hospital bed capacity: 15,272

Maine: 13

State's hospital bed capacity:  3,400

Maryland: 456

State's hospital bed capacity: 11,577

Massachusetts: 550

State's hospital bed capacity: 15,649

Michigan: 1,332

State's hospital bed capacity: 24,949

Minnesota: 614

State's hospital bed capacity: 13,895

Mississippi: 679

State's hospital bed capacity: 12,071

Missouri: 1,399

State's hospital bed capacity: 18,749

Montana: 360

State's hospital bed capacity: 3,542

Nebraska: 435

State's hospital bed capacity: 6,842

Nevada: 531

State's hospital bed capacity: 6,493

New Hampshire: 25

State's hospital bed capacity: 2,783

New Jersey: 948

State's hospital bed capacity: 20,901

New Mexico: 287

State's hospital bed capacity: 3,811

New York: 1,059

State's hospital bed capacity: 51,927

North Carolina: 1,193

State's hospital bed capacity: 21,549

North Dakota: 256

State's hospital bed capacity: 3,235

Ohio: 1,406

State's hospital bed capacity: 33,157

Oklahoma: 924

State's hospital bed capacity: 11,144

Oregon: 214

State's hospital bed capacity: 6,889

Pennsylvania: 1,138

State's hospital bed capacity: 36,730

Rhode Island: 163

State's hospital bed capacity: 2,187

South Carolina: 737

State's hospital bed capacity: 12,120

South Dakota: 377

State's hospital bed capacity: 4,183

Tennessee: 1,228

State's hospital bed capacity: 19,387

Texas: 5,278

State's hospital bed capacity: 65,671

Utah: 311

State's hospital bed capacity: 5,767

Vermont: 11

State's hospital bed capacity: 1,305

Virginia: 1,048

State's hospital bed capacity: 18,065

Washington: 308

State's hospital bed capacity: 12,774

West Virginia: 215

State's hospital bed capacity: 6,868

Wisconsin: 1,350

State's hospital bed capacity: 12,103

Wyoming: 102

State's hospital bed capacity: 2,015

Cumulative COVID-19 hospitalizations 

Alabama: 19,974

Arizona: 21,097

Arkansas: 6,768

Colorado: 8,622

Connecticut: 12,257

Florida: 48,842

Georgia: 31,087

Hawaii: 1,065

Idaho: 2,431

Indiana: 15,905

Kansas: 3,646

Kentucky: 6,895

Maine: 477

Maryland: 16,819

Massachusetts: 13,160

Minnesota: 9,588

Mississippi: 6,576

Montana: 1,237

Nebraska: 2,846

New Hampshire: 768

New Jersey: 37,310

New Mexico: 4,277

New York: 89,995

North Dakota: 1,437

Ohio: 18,235

Oklahoma: 8,408

Oregon: 3,091

Rhode Island: 3,208

South Carolina: 10,236

South Dakota: 2,453

Tennessee: 9,985

Utah: 5,102

Virginia: 20,631

Washington: 8,280

Wisconsin: 10,416

Wyoming: 401

Many of those hospitals had furloughed and laid off staff when elective procedures were banned, and some facilities that specialized in elective surgery flat out closed down, like the one my daughter worked at. Now that the spike is reaching interior parts of the U.S. are they caught short handed because of the downsizing earlier this year?

I read the reports that led you to make this post but they say nothing about whether original capacity is being overwhelmed or whether it’s in the context of reduced capacity.  I’d like the whole story.

The MSM is pounding the covid drum like crazy now, as it's their only last hope of suppressing voter turn out between now and next Tuesday.    Take any numbers we are hearing with a huge grain of salt.

 After Memorial Day MSM was pushing stories similar to this, and none of it was true.  Because covid has a 99.9% survival rate, the Branch Covidians and the MSM have once again changed the narrative to "over running health facilities" in an effort to stoke fear.

America 3, Democrats 0

    Brad lived in California and was a lifelong environmentalist. He was sick of the world; of Covid 19, Brexit, Russian belligerence, global warming, racial tensions, and the rest of the disturbing stories that occupy media headlines.

    Brad drove his car into his garage and then sealed every doorway and window as best he could. He got back into his car, closed all the windows, selected his favorite radio station and started the car.

    Two days later, a worried neighbor peered through his garage window and saw him in the car. She notified the emergency services and they broke in, pulling Brad from the car.

    A little sip of water and, surprisingly, he was in perfect condition, but his Tesla had a dead battery.

Sums it up well:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/10/22/covid-presidential-debate-n2578641

Tonight's contenders, President Trump and Joe Biden, were physically further apart than any presidential nominees have ever been on the debate state, thanks to new coronavirus safety regulations. And their messages were just as distant. Whereas Trump expressed hope and optimism that we as a country are going to get through this pandemic, Biden used every opportunity to depress us.