We were clearly told that it was an emergency measure.
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Something that is 99.85% survivable is not an emergency.
Scary how many believe it is.
We were running out of ICU beds and ventilators here in NYC, so that was the emergency. When better methods of dealing with the sick were used, the emergency quieted down. The big surge around the holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve) did not create the same emergency even though it was many more people being rushed to the hospitals.