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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by corpo_punisho on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:37PM (#28493937)
COVID is incredibly dangerous primarily because of how it is spread, not primarily because sick people are taking up hospital beds.

The pandemic is first and foremost a health issue, not a resource issue.

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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by heavyset_go on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:49PM (#28496824)
Fatality rates for COVID increase by an order of magnitude when hospitals can't treat COVID patients who would otherwise survive with proper care.
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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by heurisko on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:57PM (#28495317)
I don’t think that’s true. Covid is dangerous precisely because healthcare systems can be overwhelmed.

If you receive care and have nocomorbid conditions, Covid for most won’t be dangerous, certainly not as dangerous as the 1918 pandemic, which killed young people.

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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by shkkmo on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:52PM (#28495858)
I think that there is a solid argument that the 1918 epidemic would have killed far fewer people if they had had modern treatments for respiratory distress.
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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by heurisko on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:24AM (#28499027)
That can't be deduced from my argument at all.

Covid 19 results in mild symptoms for most young people. In comparison, the 1918 pandemic was most deadly if you were young, or old.

There is a qualitative difference between the diseases.

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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by tommymachine on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:44PM (#28493996)
So the reports of "triage" problems and overwhelmed ICU units is a fabricated issue?
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