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Posted on 04/28/2020 5:42:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
“First do no harm” is a phrase attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, taken by new physicians upon medical school graduation, but those words do not actually appear in the oath. This is much like “separation of church and state” or the “right to privacy” that are constitutional concepts yet not actually appearing in the US Constitution.
It is a wise guiding concept for much in life, especially large government mandates or programs. Proposed solutions may actually be worse than the underlying problem such solutions are supposedly solving.
What harms will result from stay-at-home orders, banning elective surgery, shutting down businesses, and other restrictions?
These measures are designed to “flatten the curve,” a term now commonplace, moving beyond diet clinic promises. A steep curve means more cases in a short period of time, potentially overwhelming the healthcare system. Then again, a steep curve gets through the pain much faster, like ripping a band aid off.
A flatter curve keeps the number of sick below the capacity of the healthcare system so that ventilators aren’t rationed, and people denied care. But the pain goes on longer. This was relevant when models predicted a surge of cases and ventilator shortages, yet these predictions failed to materialize.
A flatter curve doesn’t reduce the number of deaths or sick, it only spreads out the pain and restrictions for a longer period of time. Eventual herd immunity is delayed with a flatter curve. Deaths represent the area under the curve, which is the same whether the curve is steep or flat.
A flat curve however means the restrictions stay in place longer. The virus may spread more slowly, but COVID doesn’t care about curves, only viable hosts.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This is what you get when you take your advice from doctors who don’t actually treat patients.
it’s been changed to “First, see what federal funds are available”
Oaths? No such thing these days. Look at all the politicians that took an oath to support the Constitution.
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Flatter curve: you don’t overwhelm hospitals, you don’t destroy the people who work there. You gain time to develop treatments and vaccines.
Pros and cons.
Flatter curve: you don’t overwhelm hospitals, you don’t destroy the people who work there. You gain time to develop treatments and vaccines.
The hospitals arent being overwhelmed...they’re just going broke
Probably the same thing that happened to the part that said: “I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion”.
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