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exolymph
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Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine meas...
Flu season is accounted for in normal hospital beds and other capacity planning. A sudden huge surge in need for ICU care is not accounted for.
cm2187
on March 10, 2020
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But my point is that surely these additional 60,000 people (and probably many more who recovered) must have gone through ICU.
MLpractitioner
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Not necessarily, and maybe they didn't need artificial ventilation which is the big deal here.
gpderetta
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Also, flu didn't go away. covid-19 is in
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to the stress to the health system caused by flu (and all other diseases) and in a very short time.
jonplackett
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and also, even at the very lowest end, COVID-19's death rate is an order of magnitude more than Flu (0.1% vs 1%)
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