Re:California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulativ...
by bsder on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:17PM
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Arizona would like to contradict your claims.
The only reason the hospitals aren't overwhelmed is that we kept the total case count low enough. Now that the case count is going up, we're seeing the same problems.
Yes, we don't seem to have quite the same equipment shortages as we had in March. That's good. That was part of the reasoning behind the lockdowns.
Yes, we seem to be doing better at keeping people dying, that's good ... but it's going to take up more hospital resources for longer periods, that's going to exacerbate shortages.
The only reason the hospitals aren't overwhelmed is that we kept the total case count low enough. Now that the case count is going up, we're seeing the same problems.
Yes, we don't seem to have quite the same equipment shortages as we had in March. That's good. That was part of the reasoning behind the lockdowns.
Yes, we seem to be doing better at keeping people dying, that's good ... but it's going to take up more hospital resources for longer periods, that's going to exacerbate shortages.