Hospital Overload Debate

Assuming their hospital isn't already overwhelmed.

you are forgetting the part where hospitals got overrun even with lockdowns.

It doesn't matter. Hospitals are being overloaded and people are dying in hallways for lack of care. Ever seen that at this scale in influenza epidemics before? Maybe not since 1918.

Don't know about your country/region but here the mitigations are put in effect because hospitals can't handle the pressure anymore.

If hospitals are full, not all people who need care can get care. It's not a complicated concept. ICUs in many parts of the country hit capacity during the pandemic, and that was with radical efforts to limit the spread of the virus.

Hospitals worldwide have very little spare capacity and even less spare ICU capacity. A normal hospital bed isn’t going to help much. They are very likely to be overwhelmed, especially in countries that have not been able to delay initial spread due to lack of testing and containment.This probably won’t kill millions (though it could worst case) but hospitals being overwhelmed would lead to an exponential rise in deaths, and many deaths from other causes as other treatments are abandoned. The

I guess you missed the part with overwhelmed hospitals and grave yards.

Sure, let's ignore the hospitals getting overloaded.

The lack of ICU beds might have been a clue...

Until the hospitals are overloaded.