First of all we are not behind Italy. Italy is behind us. First case in US was reported on 1/19. First case in Italy was report on 1/31. So, technically it was here over a week before Italy and had more time to spread. Also, where are you getting the 20% number. Currently only 11% of active case are Serious or Critical and that number has dropped over the last few days. In the US we are currently at 1% Serious or Critical of the active cases. Italy is an exception and should not be consider the normal outcome. We don't know why they are taking it so hard. But look at Canada(1/26) and Australia(1/25). Just like the US, both of these countries had their first case before Italy.
Look at Germany(1/27), they have more cases than the US in a shorter time frame. But currently they only have 3 deaths and only 9 Serious or Critical. Apparently they take care of their elders.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 3:29:55 PM, you wrote:
| Yup great site josh! We are about 9 days behind Italy. The cases grow exponentially every day and what will happen is our hospitals have no surge capacity. 20% of the people who get it will need ICU level of care. There isn’t capacity for that unless we flatten the curve. The same number of people will probably get the virus, the difference will be that our health care system can handle the load if it is stretched over time. Social distancing is the only way to flatten the curve. Thanks for sharing! -Sean On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 1:09 PM Josh Luthman via Wireless <wirel...@wispa.org> wrote:
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