Forgive me if this is a cold question; I genuinely want to understand the answer. Isn't a 90% death rate of coronavirus patients on ventilators somewhat in tension with the message that we have to do everything in our power to flatten the curve so we don't run out of ventilators?
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My understanding was that doctors don't want to be in a scenario where they are actually deciding who lives, who dies. Something that has happened in Italy for example...
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So yes, I think it's mostly about optics but also there's the point that they'd rather everyone have that 10% chance.
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I don't understand the purpose of this point. We already know that social distancing is a trade-off that has negative social and economic consequences. This has been known from the beginning. Also, again, it's not just about ventilator capacity.
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ICU beds, providers per patient, HFNC circuits, dialysis machines, pharmaceuticals … there’s a lot of personnel, beds, hardware, and consumables that would get overwhelmed. Standards of care appear to have evolved to intubate later and as a last resort, but the principle holds.
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Exactly, from what I understand it was never *just* about ventilators.
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