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It's a funny kind of luck that requires planning and investment over many years.

• 101404 6y ago
  Not really. Its just a number in the books. Whoever made that decision decades ago, got it right, luckily. But that's about it. Had this virus affected the kidneys instead of the lungs, the outcome would have been way different. Also, over the last week, mortality has been increasing here as well. So better "den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben".
  • smacktoward 6y ago
    > Had this virus affected the kidneys instead of the lungs, the outcome would have been way different. And if my aunt had wheels and pedals, she'd be a bicycle. They didn't stock up on ventilators by throwing darts at a dartboard to choose what type of medical equipment to buy. They stocked up on ventilators because a pandemic centering on a respiratory illness was statistically much more likely to occur than one centering on the kidneys.
    • 101404 6y ago
      > And if my aunt had wheels and pedals, she'd be a bicycle. But that would not make your aunt a deadly virus, would it? > statistically much more likely Maybe. Just like the US did. Or maybe it was some other reason. I believe you don't have any source?
  • ceejayoz 6y ago
    > Had this virus affected the kidneys instead of the lungs, the outcome would have been way different. Kidney infections don't tend to spread easily.