
There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is not another train coming at us. A solution to the COVID-19 epidemic is visible. The key to returning to normalcy is the rate at which people who contract the illness need to be hospitalized.
The media have been mostly ignoring this. Every day and night they are blaring the TOTAL number of people who have gotten it along with the number who have died. Of course, these numbers go up. They will continue to do so because people will get the illness and, unfortunately, some will die.
When the media does pay attention to hospitalization, it is usually to scream that a hospital is being overwhelmed. They pay little attention to the hospitalization rate, that is, the number of people who require hospitalization out of the number who fall ill. This is the key to getting back to normal.
Let’s talk a couple of what-if scenarios.
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