Docs are much better at treating, so while you're absolutely correct that it's going to go back up - I'd be shocked if the death spike this time comes close to having the same relative size as last time.Gordo14 said:AustinCountyAg said:
So people are testing positive, but the #of deaths per day is decreasing daily???? If that's the case who cares if you're catching it or not?
We've been through this before. Deaths are reported up to 6 weeks after they happen. Look at the death rate isn't a useful metric. It's a fact that more people are dying every day as the case count goes up.
But the two big answers to the question are:
1) Death isn't the only negative outcome for a Covid case.
2) If hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid, then they can't treat normal causes of death such as heart attacks, accidents, etc as well as they could before.
It's a real shame that media on both sides of the political spectrum have made this all about death.
