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If I really believed that particular measure would save the hospital system, I might get it, but given the numbers we are looking at, it is a lose lose scenario.
The hospitals crash and burn anyway, and seniors are deprived of their liberty.
That is because the French and Netherlands analysis shows that half of the serious hospitalized cases are age 50 or below.
The vast majority of the “youngsters” live through it, after they have clogged up the medical system for weeks....
There is an argument for keeping 70+ folks off the streets, but there is no way any politician would dare state it.
Here is how it goes—
—Given that the hospital systems will be overwhelmed
—Given that hospitals will triage in that scenario
—Given that the triage scenario is to let the oldest die first
An elderly person _really_ needs to stay away from those hospitals!
Plus we avoid crowded places if we can. I have a park right across the street to the west. I need to walk and get fresh air.
The Hudson Hawk keeps our air nice and clean, as opposed to other big cities. It blows up off the Atlantic and then heads east. We have an east wind only when precipitation is coming.