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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I frequently saw only ICU beds as the limit of capacity, not ventilators per se. And oxygen, cpap, ventilators are all used in ICU. For example, Boris was in ICU but only on oxygen.
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It's been occupying the media because it's a resource that states can request from fed stockpile but Trump admin is turning it into a political fight, which is a thing media likes to latch onto. Other resources like ICU beds and hospital workers don't share that dynamic.
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There's also been shortages of oxygen, dialysis machines, and other resources. That's just for in-hospital treatment, there's of course also been shortages of test swabs, reagents, etc. There have been reports of people dying in quick time bc of a lack of testing
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Generally you need to be able to confirm a diagnosis in order to provide appropriate treatment, but because of shortages of testing capacity, and because it's quite late in the flu season, doctors have been assuming patients to be covid positive if they present w symptoms
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Even when they do have testing capacity, having to wait days, even a couple weeks, for test results can be a death sentence
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Also there've been shortages of anesthetic agents and highly specialized staff, such as respiratory therapists, etc. Hospital beds, ICU capacity, etc. Lots of shortages all around.
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This has all been widely reported on, even if it gets less attention than ventilators. I imagine that's bc covid is understood as a primarily respiratory disease (tho it can spread to the rest of the body easily), and bc of the high level of difficulty in producing ventilators
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Nah it's beds and labor.
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