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Originally Posted by Star Ferry
As for the mortality rate, I thought that was the whole point of closing things down and staying home. So far, Americans who've needed medical treatment have largely gotten it. If it spreads quickly and hospitals are overwhelmed, then that rate would go up (e.g. Italy, which has roughly one death per 12 confirmed cases)
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Closing things down is to flatten the curve of new infections. This helps our healthcare system cope with the numbers. By itself, isolation doesn’t change mortality rates.
The mortality rate is not affected in the near term. Reducing it will depend upon medical interventions through better therapies and in the long-run engineering an effective vaccine.
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