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But given Indians population and ICU capacity wouldn’t flattening the curve sufficiently take years of ongoing sustained effort? I don’t see how that can be sus

• JumpCrisscross 7y ago
  > given Indians population and ICU capacity wouldn’t flattening the curve sufficiently take years of ongoing sustained effort? Indians will die due to lack of medical care. We're too far down the road, and New Delhi has done far too little, to prevent that. The choice now is in the magnitude of deaths. Keep in mind that while the curve is being flattened, capacity can be increased. This is why every country is manufacturing as many ventilators and ICU materiel as possible. This supposed tradeoff between near-term economic gains and long-term decimation is a false one. If tens of millions of Indians are dying, it's going to wreck the economy. Moreover, it will do so in a more-lasting way than a quarantine (and the accompanying healthcare industrial ramp-up) would do.
• harias 7y ago
  They only need to flatten it until a vaccine is ready