It's seems a lot of the overwhelm is the result of attempting to micromanage a virus by contact tracing and testing individuals who are either asymptomatic or whose symptoms can be managed at home. "CDC scientists reported that the rate of symptomatic infection among a patient’s household members was 10.5%. The rate among other close contacts was 0.45%. In the case of one particular patient, none of his five household members, although continuously exposed to the patient during the time he was isolated at home, tested positive for the virus." And yet the pediatrician that spoke gave a hypothetical example of a sick child at school being in the principal's office at the same time as some parents of another student and needing to track them down (despite masks & social distancing at the schools). How is that practical? Spend healthcare resources on the truly sick who need help, including those with chronic illnesses that are failing to get care at this time and leave relatively healthy people be.
@tinaleigh70
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Except if we don't test more people to know to isolate them it is only a matter of time until the asymptomatic person infects the person who will require hospitalization. If mass testing doesn't seem practical when the asymptomatic person infects 6 sending 1 or more to the hospital it wont be sustainable. It would strain resources more than testing, contact tracing and isolating.
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