Sakura
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It will ease up capacity somewhat sure, but still hardly enough. I believe there are only 100,000 ICU beds in the US. Even if we assume only 2% of cases will need ICU, if just 5 million people had the illness that would be 100,000 beds right there. And then keep in mind these beds aren't all empty even if flu season is over, and the distribution of beds varies by location.i have two questions that i am hoping someone can help me with ..
1) For the US - shouldn't we be on the tail end of Flu season? once flu season is over, shouldn't this help ease hospital capacity
and more importantly..
2) we talk about pre-existing conditions and how those with pre-existing conditions are more susceptible.. but is it the actual condition or the meds that person may be on that is contributing to them being more susceptible ?
It is the condition of course. Obesity for example is a pre-existing condition that would increase chance of death/severe case, but people obviously aren't taking obesity medication.