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You’ve done some math. But consider that virus scientists, epidemiologists, front line health care workers, and hospital administrators have concluded that COV
by demygale 6y ago
You’ve done some math.
But consider that virus scientists, epidemiologists, front line health care workers, and hospital administrators have concluded that COVID-19 is much worse than the seasonal flu.
Your math does not explain full ICUs and government officials begging for medical ventilators. It’s not the flu.
Have you considered reading the thoughts and opinions of people paid to be experts on this?
- alejohausner 6y agoI agree that covid-19 symptoms are much worse than the flu, and that hospital ICUs sometimes strained to keep up with the number of cases. But ultimately the number of deaths has to be considered as a kind of ground truth. On officials begging for ventilators: I did see NY state governor Cuomo's press conferences, where he complained about shortages of ventilators. I think that he is fascinating and charismatic. I would vote for him. But it's widely acknowledged that 80% of people on ventilators eventually die. Ventilators themselves may be deadly, at least for the kind of pulmonary edema that covid-19 causes. Much better survival rates have been reported by laying patients face down, with oxygen, and without forced ventilation. It's quite possible that some of the deadliness of this disease can be put down to misguided treatment protocols. This disease is dramatic and sometimes deadly, but it's not the Spanish flu by any means. There has been a lot hysteria and over-reaction.