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If hospitals said "we're about to run out of room and stop treating everyone" then I would go with whatever prevents that scenario. edit: COVID placed a 20x bu
by marcinzm 3y ago
If hospitals said "we're about to run out of room and stop treating everyone" then I would go with whatever prevents that scenario.
edit: COVID placed a 20x burden on hospitals versus the flu even with lockdowns. That's without counting the increased difficulty of treating a novel disease, and increased time in hospitals for covid vs flu.
- Manuel_D 3y agoThe notion that hospital capacity had a significant effect on the fatality rate is not so strong. Even early into the pandemic, hospitals stopped putting people on ventilators since it didn't improve health outcomes. So "flattening the curve" just meant extending lockdowns and probably not saving any lives.