Exactly! If that is really what it's about, no one is saying so.

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Mar 30, 2020
4:26:05pm

Kerbouchard Intervention Needed

Exactly! If that is really what it's about, no one is saying so.

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So does the gov't social dist. plan presume near 100% infection eventually?

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 4:02pm

It's about flattening the curve to minimize death due to overcrowded hospitals.

chago04

3/30/20 4:03pm

Aka, flattening the economy

Busiturtle

3/30/20 4:06pm

And yet nobody reports on those data.

RugbyCoug

3/30/20 4:24pm

Exactly! If that is really what it's about, no one is saying so.

Kerbouchard

3/30/20 4:26pm

IMO, no one with any credibility predicts 100% infection regardless of what

gwalker

3/30/20 4:06pm

The primary motivation is healthcare infrastructure, not total infection %.

Psalm Trees

3/30/20 4:11pm

I get that flattening is about hospitals. I'm curious re infection % projections

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 4:12pm

I'm really curious about this too. Not 100% infected, but whether the same

Jay Rick

3/30/20 4:14pm

I think it will, because part of flattening the curve also is buying time for improved treatments, vaccines, etc..

Mobojo

3/30/20 4:17pm

that's true if we can push out some number of infections beyond the date when

Jay Rick

3/30/20 5:01pm

The next questions then would be how many times will a person get it? Does a

BW84

3/30/20 4:19pm

I'm really wondering how long for everyone to get sick at the rate hospitals can

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 5:14pm

Most of what I’ve read is we don’t expect everyone to get it. We expect that

gwalker

3/30/20 5:23pm

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