Quote Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh View Post
The focus from day 1 has been to not overload the hospitals. It was never about mortality rate. Based on what 99jc is saying (who is literally "boots on the ground"), some health systems are being taxed.
The focus on day 1 was to not overload the hospitals, hence the flatten the curve, raise the line. Nobody ever argued or pretended that we were going to change the area under the curve, just the shape of it.

Then, when it became clear that it was nto as bad as we thought and that there were a lot of areas that didn't have much infection present yet, instead of keeping with that approach, we moved on to the lock down indefinitely approach, or at least some places did and lots of people argued for it. What we are mostly doing now (against the apparent advice of all the screaming heads in the media and on social media) seems to be consistent with the flatten the curve approach. Keep everything as open as possible while not overwhelming the hospitals. It looks like we are doing that for the most part and some places are being taxed, as they would have to be and should be if we're going to follow that strategy. If no healthcare system gets taxed and you're not opened up completely, that means you are probably inflicting a lot more pain than necessary.

I still think the places getting hit hard now are relatively lucky. It appears that places with a lot of ac use and indoor activities are getting hit hardest now, which makes me think that colder climates are going to get this in the winter, but they are going to get it at the same time as flu and also just have to deal with the fact that respiratory viruses tend to be tougher in winter months.