⚠️Unnerving report from the Center for Health Security on the impact of #coronavirus on our hospitals.
Even if we assume that the case-fatality rate for #COVID19 is 0.5% (as for the 1968 and 1957 #pandemics), we won’t have enough ICU beds.
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centerforhealthsecurity.org/cbn/
Even if we assume that the case-fatality rate for #COVID19 is 0.5% (as for the 1968 and 1957 #pandemics), we won’t have enough ICU beds.
@thespybrief
centerforhealthsecurity.org/cbn/
Here are the projections.
“As a comparison, there are about 46,500 medical ICU beds in the United States and perhaps an equal number of other ICU beds that could be used in a crisis. Even spread out over several months, the mismatch between demand and resources is clear.”
“As a comparison, there are about 46,500 medical ICU beds in the United States and perhaps an equal number of other ICU beds that could be used in a crisis. Even spread out over several months, the mismatch between demand and resources is clear.”
So even if the CFR for #coronavirus is 0.5%, substantially less than the ~3.4% reported, we do NOT have enough ICU beds to treat patients, even if spread out over months.
#COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
#COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
