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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
That only applies if the analogy applies. It's not a race. It's damned easier to provide adequate care for 10 patients than 30, even if you can theoretically care for 30. You may be able to verify 500 orders in a shift, but your error rate will go up substantially compared to verifying 100 because you can't cross-check to the extent necessary. You may be able to intubate a dozen patients, but that's still a dozen exposures compared to six, and that's twice as much medication you'll need to use to induce.
The point behind the distancing measures isn't to get the hospitals to peak capacity--the point behind the measures is to get the R0 as low as possible so the virus dies out and the hospitals don't have to reach peak capacity.
If all of the hospitals in this area end up not needing a separate COVID isolation unit that's a big ****ing win, not a waste.
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'The virus dies out...'?
Oh...that's their plan? That it just goes away?
Well I guess that changes everything.
I don't think that's their plan at all because I don't think anybody expects that to happen. Ultimately I think you're working from a seriously faulty premise in trying to analyze their approach. At least I hope you are because if THEY are working from that premise, I think we're proper ****ed.