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Originally Posted by suzzer99
Oh yeah, one other big concern - Northern Italy is out of hospital beds after saying they would be fine a week ago. The US only has 100k ICU beds. We really need to do everything we can now to slow this thing down so the healthcare system isn't overwhelmed - which could be a huge factor in death rate in some of these places.
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The USA doesn't have enough ventilators(machines that breathe for you) to keep people alive in a pandemic until the virus or its effects runs its course.
When a disaster strikes, they will send ventilators bought or marked for sale to the effected area with the permission of the previous purchasers. They will just get the next ones after the crisis. There are contractors that can be hired to run those machines and take care of patients. But, its an isolated area like after a hurricane, earthquake etc. that's the limits of our capability. When there is a possible nationwide need like in a pandemic, we will have no chance to save that many people. This country just doesn't have the medical capacity for that kind of demand. No country does.