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by asadkn 1755 days ago
Wouldn't it be better, then, at this point, to focus on hospitalization numbers rather than infections or deaths alone. As vaccines have been, reportedly, very good at preventing hospitalizations.

It doesn't matter if there's 1 death, if hundreds are being hospitalized per day, overflowing the health care system.

The problem isn't just mortality rate of covid-19 itself, it's also how hospitals are other treatments are affected. You better hope you don't get sick when the health care system is overloaded or at capacity.