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In response to "sort of to the last point? Korea's done heaps of broad testing, and the cruise ships where they blanket test everyone give some good data." by mafic

the death rate becomes higher if you don't have medical facilities to take care of the patients. you can say Italy had higher because of more elderly

Posted by zeitgeist Mar 16 '20, 19:47

or you could say the elderly were dying because the triage system selected a younger person, someone with family willing and able to provide care needed after discharge if they survive. (the two critical considerations after how sick the patient was)

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*shrug* this is what she does for a living, she argues Houston is exaggerating its response to seem like they’re doing something but that a rational r - JackDawson Mar 16, 19:56 3
- the flat number limit makes no sense compared to the space per person thing... some places have large spaces, some bars 50 people stuff them -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:00 2
  - (She’s talking about restaurants) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 20:02 1
    - yes, restaurnts, here bars are supposed to have food too, but restaurants can be spacious or packed, saying 50 means little one to other -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:14

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the death rate becomes higher if you don't have medical facilities to take care of the patients. you can say Italy had higher because of more elderly

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