[Goose]

As bad as things are in LA County case-wise, their ICU situation (4.35 available ICU beds/100K people) is better than both San Mateo(3.77) and Santa Clara(1.81). One wonders if ICU beds is a good metric by itself. If Reff is significantly above 1, as BC has pointed out you will eventually exceed any limit you set. Why wait? Crush the curve now before you hit the stops.

[Goose]

As bad as things are in LA County case-wise, their ICU situation (4.35 available ICU beds/100K people) is better than both San Mateo(3.77) and Santa Clara(1.81). One wonders if ICU beds is a good metric by itself. If Reff is significantly above 1, as BC has pointed out you will eventually exceed any limit you set. Why wait? Crush the curve now before you hit the stops.