Originally Posted by jcc
Originally Posted by Mr T2U
and another big factor for the 80+ deaths being higher is.
there was a limited number of hospital beds and proper equipment, more sick than beds available. so the doctors chose to treat the younger patients with the available ventilators, and the elderly got the nothing. because of this the elderly had a higher death rate than it should have been.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/italy-elderly-coronavirus/


I heard on the newstoday regarding Italy, per capita they have a larger quantity of beds and equipment then the US.

I have no way to confirm.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_hospital_beds

Then I saw a comment that we have more ICU beds per capita, but I can't confirm that easily.

Edit: https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallm...eds-per-capita-infographic/#5a74da097f86

Last edited by hooziewhatsit; 03/18/20 09:43 PM.
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