https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/news/idaho-activates-cris...
And is absolutely overwhelmed. It seems incredibly disingenuous to only consider some random state that's doing well and ignore those doing poorly.
https://rationalground.com/hospital-and-icu-capacity-dashboa...
Also, if you go back in look for headlines of hospitals being overwhelmed, you will see they exist for the flu for almost every year as well.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/24/Hospitals-overwhe...
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/idaho.division.of.pub...
And Idaho is absolutely overwhelmed. In past flu seasons they have not moved to crisis standards of care, I don't even see Idaho in the article you linked so I'm not sure what relevance it has here. Are you claiming the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is unaware of their own ICU utilization status?
Based on the numbers and your original post, it doesn't seem to be a statewide issue. It is a localized issue of what seems an area covered by 10 hospitals.
The relevance is that hospitals having issues with capacity is not beyond the realm of normal.
You seem caught up in a narrative that this is not real, I urge you to consider the facts on the ground rather than fit things to your political views.
Thanks for yours and your input.