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Originally Posted by Zakalwe
So basically he's predicting Armageddon? Since - and I'm taking a figure from Paul 77T earlier upthread as Gospel - you only have 700k hospital beds in the entire country, it won't actually be possible to admit even a small fraction of that number of people to hospital.
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I think this is the issue that Italy is dealing with now. And hopefully medical workers stay healthy, so that staffing stays full. The cumulative effect of care of COVID-19 may pressure the rest of the system, causing less care for everyday flu, cold, injuries. SARS-COV-2 from my understanding even pneumonia may be represented as a mild symptom. Severe cases require ventilators. So "mild' cases have the potential to be nothing like what would be deemed a mild cold or even flu.