“And just how many ebola patients could the american medical care infrastructure treat at one time with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease? Any random or quantified guesses?”
My moderately well-informed guess is about 20-25.
How many hospitals or health insurers will it bankrupt? I think your 20 to 25 guess is pretty good.
““And just how many ebola patients could the american medical care infrastructure treat at one time with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease? Any random or quantified guesses?”
My moderately well-informed guess is about 20-25.”
Wow that is a pretty bleak assessment. We can care for 11 in the four specialized containment centers alone. Then we have over 5700 other hospitals.
“with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease”, Is not really the question that should be asked. Hospitals spread infections in large numbers daily. Any hospital is a high risk location for getting sick. The realistic goal is to prevent outbreak, i.e. widespread transmission.