But most of your influenza patients weren’t dying
The iCU nurses I know (a bunch across a number of states) had a tough time. Losing patients all too often. It took its toll
Yes, but how many actually died of COVID-19.
Will we ever know?
Here are some flu death stats going back to 1950-2019.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/184574/deaths-by-influenza-and-pneumonia-in-the-us-since-1950/
Here are some flu death stats from 2010-2022
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124915/flu-deaths-number-us/
I didn’t ponder them much.
The iCU nurses I know (a bunch across a number of states) had a tough time. Losing patients all too often. It took its toll
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A lot of older people were sent home with no treatment and told to wait until they couldn’t breathe By then it was too late, They were intubated and died
Our hospital was empty. Plenty of videos taken of empty hospitals. Then you had all the dance videos. I believe none of the ICU was full