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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by enraged_camel on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:08PM (#23119479)
>> No one's saying it's not bad. At least I'm not. It's just a lot less bad than what we were told 3 months ago.

It's a lot less bad than it was estimated 3 months ago because most states understood the severity of the situation and hunkered down as much as they could.

>> that we've been so successful in flattening the curve (and scaring people from going out, including to the hospital for critical treatment), that we've overshot our goal to the point of doing more damage than good

Our "deaths per day" number averages 2000. I don't know how this can be remotely perceived as some sort of massive success other than relative to the original estimates that were based on doing nothing.

Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:57PM (#23120452)
Stopping people from getting the virus was, unfortunately, not the goal. American epidemiologists don't and didn't believe that's something we can achieve in the short term.
Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by beerandt on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:16PM (#23120564)
Yes- I was speaking specifically to the goal of not overwhelming the healthcare system.

Unfortunately, right now we're saving it from gluttony only to have it starve.