Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy...
by zrail on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:43PM
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The reason why this plan doesn’t work is because 20% of people who get this disease (regardless of age bracket I believe) require hospitalization and a good number of them require an ICU bed. There simply aren’t enough beds or health care workers to address the demand shock that would happen without social distancing, which means people dying at home waiting for a bed.
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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy...
by umanwizard on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:59PM
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What is the alternative? Shutting down doesn't work either, because it's not possible to shut down until cases worldwide go to 0, so won't the outbreak just start again after things reopen?