London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline

Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by Retric on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:57PM (#23288433)

NYC hospitals increased capacity dramatically, with people treated huge wards and some sent to temporary facilities. That’s what being overwhelmed looks like, it’s not a binary condition just a decrease in the average quality of care.

In terms of ventilators many people where kept off of ventilators who would have been given them in normal conditions. That was likely a good thing as ventilators have huge risks associated with their use, but things where a long way from ok.

That said, the lockdown likely prevented a much worse situation at local hospitals.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by redis_mlc on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:14AM (#23289302)

> In terms of ventilators many people where kept off of ventilators who would have been given them in normal conditions.

Sadly, that wasn't the case in NY. Even though Chinese doctors warned of the risks of ventilators in Jan/Feb, the US ignored that. There were 2 reasons:

1) intubating patients protected staff from aerosolization after the intubation

2) old understanding of oxygen levels led doctors to intubate way too early for corona.

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