canceled events n self-quarantines save lives,

[Sri_Sampath]

How canceled events and self-quarantines save lives, in one chart

“Even if you don’t reduce total cases, slowing down the rate of an epidemic can be critical,”
What epidemiologists fear most is the health care system becoming overwhelmed by a sudden explosion of illness that requires more people to be hospitalized than it can handle. In that scenario, more people will die because there won’t be enough hospital beds or ventilators to keep them alive.

 

[RandomGuy]

I lie it when people describe things with a little bit of maths or graphs.

 

[awjas2621]

BUMP

 

[MrFrog]

This explains the same, which I posted in the main Corona thread couple of days back.

From 22.14 , he explains why countries need to take drastic measures to contain the virus spread. You can't stop it and it keeps coming. But these measures will slow down the rate. So, many unnecessary deaths due to the limitation of healthcare system capacity, can be avoided.

 

[Sri_Sampath]

This explains the same, which I posted in the main Corona thread couple of days back.

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