3 ms·
> we have improved treatment methods significantly Have they? I haven't seen anything in the news besides a few practices evolving (prone positioning, avoiding
by ricardobeat 6y ago
> we have improved treatment methods significantly
Have they? I haven't seen anything in the news besides a few practices evolving (prone positioning, avoiding ventilation too early).
> we know ways to drastically reduce the spread of the virus using simple mechanical strategies
Masks, hygiene, disinfection, distancing, were all known and encouraged since March.
We are almost entering September, and my impression is that there hasn't been any new discoveries, other than trial drugs or confirming earlier findings, since late May/June. If anything, you couldn't take those risks earlier because of public opinion, not any practical reasons.
- taejo 6y agoMasks were discouraged by many governments in March, even if they were encouraged by others.
- ricardobeat 6y agoThat's besides the point; I'm arguing that "we simply did not know enough about the virus at the time" as said by the parent commenter is not really true, and probably irrelevant for why experiments like these did not happen before. For what's worth using facemasks is still being discouraged by the Dutch government as we speak...
- darkerside 6y agoDexamethasone and other medications and the evolving practices you mention are nothing to... sneeze at