[corpo_punisho]

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.

[heavyset_go]

Fatality rates for COVID increase by an order of magnitude when hospitals can't treat COVID patients who would otherwise survive with proper care.

[heurisko]

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.

[shkkmo]

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.

[heurisko]

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.

[tommymachine]

So the reports of "triage" problems and overwhelmed ICU units is a fabricated issue?