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OK Doomer.
Look at the stats for Ohio. Cyahoga county, the hardest hit of any county, had 42 ICU cases at peak and currently has 36 cases, and 231 hospitalizations at peak and 159 today. This is total, not just corona cases, and to put that in perspective, they have 5850 hospital beds, 931 ICU beds without emergency measures, and is using 3.9% of its total ventilator capacity. This is the HARDEST HIT county in ohio. Other counties with large infection populations are looking at lower percentages of used beds. And we still have half a month of lockdown, in which time the number of active cases in hospital will continue to decrease. By May 1st, we will have fewer in hospital and ICU then we did on march 15th, before the lockdowns started.
There are counties with worse percentages, but these are counties with ICU capacities int he single digits and total hospital bed capacity in the low double digits. More then a handful of corona cases will fuck these places regardless of lockdown, and if they get hit hard their cases will be airlifted to Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, ece. These areas also do not have the heavily populated urban areas that spread Corona so easily.
For Ohio, it doesnt make sense to stay locked down past May 1st. DeWine realizes this. The vast majority of deaths are in the retiree elderly populations, and these populations are being encouraged to stay home through may as well. The majority of young deaths are due to a collapsing medical system, which Ohioans have avoided with their adherence to social distancing. We have bought the time to expand the medical system and PPE production (and remember, we still have another 15 days before things open up again) which will be able to handle smaller spikes. In the event of major spikes, we would have to engage social distancing again, but the chances of that fall with every passing day, and the size of spikes we can handle increases with every passing day as well.
Your TDS and your disdain for your fellow Americans is very disheartening. Perhaps you can afford to remain in your bunker for 6 months, but many cannot. We are not new york, we are not currently being overrun, there is no reason to hide unless case numbers start expanding again, and you know the government and medical systems will be watching for that. We know how fast this spreads, and we know the symptoms. We'll be able to act much faster the second time around, and with greater precision.
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