> I personally hate being told something that is patently false, but I totally understand that, collectively, we need to be lied to for our own protection, because collectively we become a bunch of idiots.
Yep, I understand this. I've also noticed recent emphasis on the danger of the virus to young people (like this somewhat misleading NYT article [1], although I just noticed that they recently updated it), I suspect because they want young people to stay home.
Yes, there are also over 300k confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. I'm not suggesting that the young should not worry (indeed, it's something like 10x deadlier than the flu), but suggestions that young people are disproportionately in danger (as the original NYT article did) are actively misleading.
No sane medical person would connect three 30-years doctors to the breathing machines ("ventilators") unless they actually had to be connected to them:
That's why it's in the interest of everybody for the hospitals to remain functional and that the current speed of growth gets at least significantly reduced.
Yep, I understand this. I've also noticed recent emphasis on the danger of the virus to young people (like this somewhat misleading NYT article [1], although I just noticed that they recently updated it), I suspect because they want young people to stay home.
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/health/coronavirus-young-...