Quote Originally Posted by StateDawg44 View Post
"what is coming."??? If they test positive it is already here.

You make it seem like everyone who tests positive requires hospitalization.
You have to read the post I was responding to.

THe number of positive cases tells you what is coming as far as hospitalizations not as far as how many positive cases you will have (although it will give you a rough idea there too). So you don't wait until you see the hospitals overwhelmed, at that point, not only is your hospital overrun, you've got a lot more cases coming. But we have a rough idea of how many cases will require hospitalizations. If you see a big enough spike in cases that your hospital capacity is going to be under pressure (or even just a growth rate that will result in that), you clamp back down.

Still might end up having your hospitals overwhelmed because there is still a lag, but it's not a two week lag.