Except that you need to be sick enough to need an ICU, to be put in one.
Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
Having spent the day on the phone talking to local experts of various stripes, there are *many* very serious, knowledgeable people who fear this analysis is correct; NYC is headed for a Wuhan or Lombardy-style healthcare system crash.
OVID-19: New York Will Be The Next Italy, But Doesnt Have to Be
“Except that you need to be sick enough to need an ICU, to be put in one.”
I laid out the numbers, do the math.
This thing puts a higher percentage of cases in the hospital and in the ICU, compared to the flu.