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A guy I know from my days in the service just emailed me to say "Flattening the curve is such BS, everyone& #39;s still going to get this virus," and I& #39;m just... well, not speechless, because that rarely happens to me.
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I& #39;m assuming he& #39;s getting most of his news from right-wing sources. No one I know thinks that flattening the curve is going to vastly reduce the number of people who get this virus.
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The point has been to reduce _deaths_ from C19 that would be contributed to by the collapse of our healthcare systems. We& #39;re still going to see a LOT of deaths,
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but if you get this next November, after the surge, there& #39;s a good chance you& #39;ll be treated by a crack team of newly-minted C19 experts; doctors & nurses, many of whom will have already had the virus, and who will know how to treat you.
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They won& #39;t be trying to treat you in a hospital where the staff is exhausted & every room is full. You will likely have a room, and not find yourself being treated in a tent or in a cube in the convention center.
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I wouldn& #39;t be surprised if we see dedicated coronavirus hospitals for a few years. Until there& #39;s an effective vaccine that& #39;s been distributed worldwide, we& #39;re going to want to keep separate CV facilities where we can.
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People are still going to need treatment for every other ill & ailment we had before; you can& #39;t have them terrified of going to the hospital.
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