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Originally Posted by TLO
Above 5% out of how many cases?
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It remains be seen how many people end up getting the virus.
I believe a CDC official said 20% of the population might get the virus in a plausible bad case scenario.
There are around 80 million Americans between the age of 30 and 50. If 20% of that age group get the virus and only 1% need intensive care, that is 160,000 hospital beds.
There are only around a hundred thousand ICU beds in the US and it isn't like they are mostly sitting empty during normal times.
Hence the need to slow the spread.