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I mean, the govt can make recommendations and let people decide what to do. I'm -not- an antimasker...and haven't left the house much since March. But it feels

by axaxs 6y ago

I mean, the govt can make recommendations and let people decide what to do. I'm -not- an antimasker...and haven't left the house much since March. But it feels like our people will inevitably decide it's boring and give up, as I've seen not only in news but in my friend group. So it feels like we just delayed mass infection rather than preventing it.

redisman 6y ago
But we have the vaccine rolling out now. So mass infection is not inevitable. If there was some leadership on the top and a working political system, we could’ve done a lot better
soared 6y ago
The.. whole point was delaying it by “flattening the curve”. We were not remotely prepared at all and knew nothing about the virus. Mass infection now is incredibly more safe because we know how to treat it, and most cities have extra buildings retrofitted as hospitals.
- jm4 6y ago
  Infection is more safe. Mass infection is not. I was recently hospitalized with covid and got the experimental cocktail (remdesivir, convalescent plasma, dexamethasone, azithromycin, anti-clotting drugs, zinc, D, C, probiotics) that only became available a few months ago. It cost over $62000. How many people can afford that? And it requires hospital beds because it is strictly inpatient treatment. It's not without its risks either. It's really only viable if 1) the patient has insurance and money and 2) the hospitals can avoid being overrun. Regeneron could change things. That's an outpatient treatment that could be administered at clinics to patients who have tested positive. The problem is it's simply not available and it's still expensive. If you catch covid, have good healthcare and can be admitted to a hospital then your prognosis is very good. What we can't do is treat large numbers of people simultaneously. Mass infection is a disaster.
  - meowster 6y ago
    > It cost over $62000. How many people can afford that? Anyone who isn't insured can, because it's free: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/925942412/hospital-bills-for-uninsured-covid-19-patients-are-covered-but-no-one-tells-them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/9259424...
- pbourke 6y ago
  > incredibly more safe This was your takeaway from the article?
mrfusion 6y ago
Why let people do anything if they will make the wrong decisions?

by axaxs 6y ago

redisman 6y ago

But we have the vaccine rolling out now. So mass infection is not inevitable. If there was some leadership on the top and a working political system, we could’ve done a lot better

soared 6y ago

The.. whole point was delaying it by “flattening the curve”. We were not remotely prepared at all and knew nothing about the virus. Mass infection now is incredibly more safe because we know how to treat it, and most cities have extra buildings retrofitted as hospitals.

jm4 6y ago
Infection is more safe. Mass infection is not. I was recently hospitalized with covid and got the experimental cocktail (remdesivir, convalescent plasma, dexamethasone, azithromycin, anti-clotting drugs, zinc, D, C, probiotics) that only became available a few months ago. It cost over $62000. How many people can afford that? And it requires hospital beds because it is strictly inpatient treatment. It's not without its risks either. It's really only viable if 1) the patient has insurance and money and 2) the hospitals can avoid being overrun. Regeneron could change things. That's an outpatient treatment that could be administered at clinics to patients who have tested positive. The problem is it's simply not available and it's still expensive. If you catch covid, have good healthcare and can be admitted to a hospital then your prognosis is very good. What we can't do is treat large numbers of people simultaneously. Mass infection is a disaster.
- meowster 6y ago
  > It cost over $62000. How many people can afford that? Anyone who isn't insured can, because it's free: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/925942412/hospital-bills-for-uninsured-covid-19-patients-are-covered-but-no-one-tells-them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/9259424...
pbourke 6y ago
> incredibly more safe This was your takeaway from the article?

mrfusion 6y ago

Why let people do anything if they will make the wrong decisions?