Quoted from zpinman370:flatten the curve.
Remember “flatten the curve” just delays the number of cases. It doesn’t reduce the number of infected it spreads them out over time so that hospitals can cope with the overload.
In my community of 300000 people. If the virus spreads through 30%-70% of folks. That’s conservatively ~100000 sick people. If 3% of them die form the illness that’s ~3000 deaths. Not an insignificant number, and easily enough people to overflow the already full hospitals. If that many patients come into the hospital in a short time, then the healthcare workers won’t be able to look after all the car crashes and regular emergencies they face.
People are going to die from this, many people, all over the world.
I just got off Skype with my best friend. He’s been teaching English in China for over a decade. He hasn’t worked in almost 2 months and doesn’t receive any assistance from China while unemployed. He’s not scared of the virus it’s so far just been an inconvenience to him.
But when China lifts its travel restrictions and people return to their daily lives, will the virus begin to spread again?
In North America we’re just in the first days. It’s going to get much worse before we see the light of day fully again.