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I think you missed the whole reason to “flatten the curve”. The hospitalization rate is the problem, not mortality rate. 20-30% of people who get the virus end

I think you missed the whole reason to “flatten the curve”. The hospitalization rate is the problem, not mortality rate. 20-30% of people who get the virus end up in the hospital since there are no known treatments available. For now, if we have hospital capacity you’re very likely to survive COVID-19. If we run out of supplies and overwhelm the limited medical staff the mortality rate is going to skyrocket and we will run out of places to store the dead bodies.

orangecat 6y ago
20-30% of people who get the virus end up in the hospital That's way too high. According to https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page, 0.65% of New York City residents have been hospitalized for COVID-19. Antibody tests show at least 20% of NYC residents have been infected, so the hospitalization rate is more like 3%.