US hospitals will run out of beds if coronavirus cases spike

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. No surprise.

In what passes for a normal flu season hospitals often run out of beds, and even if this really were no worse than normal flu, it is possible the number of people infected will be a great deal larger.

What people don't get is that the system is designed to handle a normal number of cases. For instances, about 7500 people die each and every day in this country. Our funeral industry is well set up to handle that number. If it increases by perhaps 10% it will be overloaded. By any more, beyond overloaded.

Same with hospitals. They are geared up to handle however many people they typically get. If a lot more people check in it's a problem.

I don't understand why so many here are so surprised by this.