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by nojito 2008 days ago
That 1% have the ability to devastate the healthcare infrastructure.

ICU beds are dollar for dollar the most expensive resource in healthcare today.

Not to mention the rarity of qualified healthcare workers who are trained in working in the ICUs and the risk of losing them for 2+ weeks if they get infected.

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> That 1% have the ability to devastate the healthcare infrastructure.

Additionally, other people will die at a higher percentage from other-than-covid reasons because covid patients are taking up all the resources, which can no longer be used to treat other patients.