After more thought, maybe one of the issues wrt how we handle this virus is the idea that our insurance companies can’t handle the payouts associated with hundreds or thousands of multiweek ICU ‘trips’ by patients with this.
we personally don’t fancy a million dollar ICU bill should my hubby get this...
My recollection is easily a million dollars a month, maybe more, in the larger cities. My first hand experience was about $250,000 for a week’s stay in a minor populated city’s hospital in the 125,000 population range.
A thousand patients a month, and it’s one billion dollars in costs or more.
No matter how we square this virus, it’s bad news.