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You have to remember that these fatality rates are with treatment, and old people will experience roughly 2 years of death rates within a few months in that cas
by scythe 7y ago
You have to remember that these fatality rates are with treatment, and old people will experience roughly 2 years of death rates within a few months in that case, leading to massive numbers of hospitalizations. That case load is absolutely not normal regardless of who's driving it. What's your plan exactly -- deny treatment to old people who have COVID-19? Not only will that increase death rates substantially, it's horrible.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-model-shows-hospitals-what-to-expect/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-model-shows-...
And all of that is ignoring the possibility of people suffering nonfatal chronic health problems, which has been reported.
Meanwhile, remdesivir and lopinavir/ritonavir are in trials and once we actually have drugs available the hospitalizations would be shorter and the death rates much lower. At that point quarantine becomes less important.