It doesn’t even need to be a golden bullet. The US is looking at maybe 1% mortality rate, which is probably inflated because we STILL don’t have that much testing available. You knock that down a few pegs and we’re no longer “orders of magnitude” worse than the common flu anymore; we’re talking about something comparable to a bad flu season. You’re also getting more people out of hospital beds quicker, which is what everyone is panicking about.
Yep, the whole issue is the potential of hospitals being overwhelmed. If a treatment helps people recover quicker, that reduces the amount of time those beds are unavailable for new patients. This could theoretically help solve that issue in a major way.
It doesn’t even need to be a golden bullet. The US is looking at maybe 1% mortality rate, which is probably inflated because we STILL don’t have that much testing available. You knock that down a few pegs and we’re no longer “orders of magnitude” worse than the common flu anymore; we’re talking about something comparable to a bad flu season. You’re also getting more people out of hospital beds quicker, which is what everyone is panicking about.
Yep, the whole issue is the potential of hospitals being overwhelmed. If a treatment helps people recover quicker, that reduces the amount of time those beds are unavailable for new patients. This could theoretically help solve that issue in a major way.