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Yes, original intent was to flatten the curve. However, as more people got sick, we learned that covid may cause permament damages on patients. Therefore if the
by reader_1000 6y ago
Yes, original intent was to flatten the curve. However, as more people got sick, we learned that covid may cause permament damages on patients. Therefore if there is a way to prevent people from getting the diease at all, I think that is path we should follow . If not possible, we should still slow down the spread of the disease until vaccination efforts start to give results or we have better medication.
- runamok 6y agoAll of the above should (hopefully) improve with time: vaccination (which will take on the order of years and not weeks or months), more effective treatment, more learning about the disease and risk factors, more ventilators and PPE produced and more widespread testing. The US is especially poorly suited to deal with a lot of people with a life-long debilitating illness from damaged lungs.
- pacala 6y ago> we learned that covid may cause permament damages on patients It stands to reason that a disease that outright kills 0.1-1% of the people infected also gets a fraction of people near death, which means it damages them hard enough that they almost die. This effect is entirely consistent with other diseases, for example non-covid19 pneumonia. As of now we have not learned: * What fraction of people develop long term effects. * By age group. * How do these effects compare with long term effects of other diseases, like influenza or influenza-triggered pneumonia. * Do these effects heal over a period of time, say a few months?