# Typical ICU Capacity **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [August 25, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-icu-capacity/949523 "2021-08-25T22:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-icu-capacity/949523/21 "2021-08-27T00:34:22Z")
In addition to the adult ICU beds, there are almost 300 PICU/NICU beds in Oregon. As school ramps up to start in-person I figure this is going to be a very important number. Me, I’m vaxxed and staying home as much as is humanly possible and when I go out I mask. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-icu-capacity/949523/22 "2021-08-27T01:26:28Z")
We decided tonight to go back to general isolation for a few weeks, though we will attend an outdoor funeral. Right now I’m slated to teach in person toward the end of September, but we’ll see where that lands over the next month. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-icu-capacity/949523/23 "2021-09-03T14:31:40Z")
And it continues: > **['Loss of hope': Idaho hospitals crushed by COVID-19 surge](https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-idaho-09941b507483a5c7b0183dcbf03a8254)** > > BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The intensive care rooms at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center are full, each a blinking jungle of tubes, wires and mechanical breathing machines. The patients nestled inside are a lot alike: All unvaccinated, mostly middle-aged or... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-icu-capacity/949523.md?page=1)