Coronavirus and homemade tools

[Saltfever]

I'm getting tired of the hysteria, misinformation & lack of basic math surrounding the actual threat .
. . . Yes, I'm aware that there's going to be a Bell Curve . . .

One issue it’s not a bell curve (which is a measure of standard deviation). It is an exponential curve. I won’t belabor this point but if you are still interested after reading below you can go here for an explanation of the current problem.

We have many people with preexisting conditions and when attacked by the flu some will have to go to the hospital for ventilators. Ventilators will save many. The Corona virus attacks differently. It hits the respiratory system in perfectly healthy people but most severely in our healthy older population. Normally, with managed medical care and ventilators, they would survive a pneumonia infection. With no ventilators they risk dying. That is the part you are missing. We have a finite supply of ventilators. The shape of the curve dictates whether our medical resources can meet the demand. A picture is worth . . . so look at the picture. We have no vaccine and a finite medical capacity. Accept that the red line is our supply of ventilators. Those above the line will die. Those below will survive. Your bell curve is medically manageable the other isn’t.




I tried to enlarge the pic but couldn't. Again, I tried to delete redundant pics. Sorry, it can't be done. I'll look for a forum tutorial.