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And the problem is that during an extended period of curve reduction there will still be people pushed out of medical care due to surging cases (but not spiking
by quartzite 7y ago
And the problem is that during an extended period of curve reduction there will still be people pushed out of medical care due to surging cases (but not spiking!). The total area between the number of patients and hospital capacity curves may be similar in both cases.
- r00fus 7y agoThis also assumes an invariant capacity. Extended period gives us the opportunity increase that capacity through means including getting folks trained as hospital techs (4 week training) and having local teams sew & build our filters and masks. Essentially given a will, we could transition part of our economy to a war footing (against the virus). Do we have the will? Or do we capitulate and decimate the population?