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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Yeah, and it's possible those other numbers are wrong or reflect assumptions not present here. Just what had me poking assumptions in the study first. Even lower fatality rates still leave evaluation left; my past models assumed the 5% ICU were almost on vents, which was wrong.
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On the other hand, we're seeing much longer stays on ventilators than I think most people expected, too, so even if it's a smaller portion of utilization by capita (and fewer lives saved), the resource requirements remain stretched.
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