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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by phillipseamore on Thursday April 16, 2020 @05:26AM (#22887595)
Just a point on the comment "~1/2 their ICU cases dying".

The University Hospital handles most of the cases (and all except two deaths). According to their statistics* a total of 25 have been in ICU ("Á gjörgæslu frá upphafi"), total of 13 on ventilators from the beginning ("Í öndunarvél frá upphafi"), with as-of yesterday 3 still on ventilators ("Í öndunarvél") and 6 deaths ("Andlát samtals vegna Covid-19"). So that's less than a quarter of ICU cases dying and half of those on vents.

* https://www.landspitali.is/default.aspx?pageid=b629a8e0-b262...

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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by Retric on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:09AM (#22888558)
Interesting, putting that may people in ICU that don’t need vents likely relates to a less stressed medical system. But the numbers are low enough it could just be statistical noise.
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