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Wow, definitely, the caseload matters a lot. 'Flatten the curve' has always been a very real policy, if you watch the reports from State/Provincial agencies you

Wow, definitely, the caseload matters a lot. 'Flatten the curve' has always been a very real policy, if you watch the reports from State/Provincial agencies you can very clearly seem them watch the number of available beds, and particularly how much COVID caseload affects other hospital operations i.e. delayed surgeries etc.. This definitely informs policy. It also helps motivate people to get vaccinated, with a 3rd shoot booster seemingly providing decent protection against Omicron, it's something we probably want to get people to. Humans survive for millennia because we react rationality to situations, not because we just lay down and die.

throwaway599281 5y ago
>and particularly how much COVID caseload affects other hospital operations i.e. delayed surgeries etc.. And what is more important, the people with deadlier diseases who didn't get surgeries or treatments that were postponed, the screanings that weren't done that could allow an early treatment of someone who is sick too, to prevent other persons that could potentially become sick? >Humans survive for millennia because we react rationality to situations, not because we just lay down and die. Read again, you totally missed my point.
- dumpsterdiver 5y ago
  > And what is more important, the people with deadlier diseases who didn't get surgeries or treatments that were postponed, the screanings that weren't done that could allow an early treatment of someone who is sick too, to prevent other persons that could potentially become sick? > Read again, you totally missed my point. I read this comment a few times, but the sentence structure made it difficult to understand what you're trying to say. I'm entirely unsure which of the aforementioned situations you think is more desirable. If you're trying to make a point, instead of asking people to read again, you may want to consider rewriting your points to be more clear.
bagacrap 5y ago
humans are definitely not rational. Our reaction has been driven by fear and anxiety out of all proportion to the actual threat here. Obesity is still a bigger killer than covid but we have not spent the same resources tackling it.

throwaway599281 5y ago

>and particularly how much COVID caseload affects other hospital operations i.e. delayed surgeries etc.. And what is more important, the people with deadlier diseases who didn't get surgeries or treatments that were postponed, the screanings that weren't done that could allow an early treatment of someone who is sick too, to prevent other persons that could potentially become sick? >Humans survive for millennia because we react rationality to situations, not because we just lay down and die. Read again, you totally missed my point.

dumpsterdiver 5y ago
> And what is more important, the people with deadlier diseases who didn't get surgeries or treatments that were postponed, the screanings that weren't done that could allow an early treatment of someone who is sick too, to prevent other persons that could potentially become sick? > Read again, you totally missed my point. I read this comment a few times, but the sentence structure made it difficult to understand what you're trying to say. I'm entirely unsure which of the aforementioned situations you think is more desirable. If you're trying to make a point, instead of asking people to read again, you may want to consider rewriting your points to be more clear.

bagacrap 5y ago

humans are definitely not rational. Our reaction has been driven by fear and anxiety out of all proportion to the actual threat here. Obesity is still a bigger killer than covid but we have not spent the same resources tackling it.