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Slowing it down has a big impact on one thing - the availability of hospital beds. I've read that 20% of people who get infected will need ICU treatment. If eve
by dharma1 7y ago
Slowing it down has a big impact on one thing - the availability of hospital beds. I've read that 20% of people who get infected will need ICU treatment. If everyone gets sick within a short period of time, will there be enough hospital beds and ventilators for those who need it? No.
Containment is really the only thing at present that is able to slow this thing. Which is the only reason you are seeing the numbers in China starting to drop.
- learc83 7y ago>I've read that 20% of people who get infected will need ICU treatment. That number is far too high, and likely comes from an under counting of mild cases. Of the 705 infected on the diamond princess only 43 are or have been in critical condition and the people on board skewed much older than the general population. Also only 705/3200 even got infected despite almost everyone likely being exposed.