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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2288389" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>The daily death figures lag behind the new infections rates by about 3-4 weeks.</p><p>So the increase in US infections was happening while their deaths were still falling.</p><p>Now, 3-4 weeks later, the deaths are increasing again to follow the infection curve.</p><p>- utterly predictable, I am very sorry to say.</p><p><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/" target="_blank">https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/</a></p><p>All you have to do is look at the graphs for 3 week old infection rates, see if they were rising (as they were in the US) and compare it with their current death rate. Same curve, albeit on a different scale.</p><p></p><p>[USER=245335]@DavidGrahamJones[/USER] but I do think you are right - people (the HCPs) are getting better and better at handling things.</p><p>Just one of the things that contributed to the high UK death rate (compared with other countries) was that we were all told to stay and home and look after ourselves until we were in a bad enough state to call an ambulance. I completely understand why they did this (the emergency phonelines were swamped, and flattening the curve was seen as the biggest priority), however we now know that early intervention, esp with oxygen, can prevent more drastic interventions. So now people are being encouraged to ask for help earlier, before oxygen saturation levels fall too low. As a result, there are fewer patients who progress to respirators, which is a benefit to the patient, the resources, the health care professionals, and the patient's chance of survival.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2288389, member: 41816"] The daily death figures lag behind the new infections rates by about 3-4 weeks. So the increase in US infections was happening while their deaths were still falling. Now, 3-4 weeks later, the deaths are increasing again to follow the infection curve. - utterly predictable, I am very sorry to say. [URL]https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/[/URL] All you have to do is look at the graphs for 3 week old infection rates, see if they were rising (as they were in the US) and compare it with their current death rate. Same curve, albeit on a different scale. [USER=245335]@DavidGrahamJones[/USER] but I do think you are right - people (the HCPs) are getting better and better at handling things. Just one of the things that contributed to the high UK death rate (compared with other countries) was that we were all told to stay and home and look after ourselves until we were in a bad enough state to call an ambulance. I completely understand why they did this (the emergency phonelines were swamped, and flattening the curve was seen as the biggest priority), however we now know that early intervention, esp with oxygen, can prevent more drastic interventions. So now people are being encouraged to ask for help earlier, before oxygen saturation levels fall too low. As a result, there are fewer patients who progress to respirators, which is a benefit to the patient, the resources, the health care professionals, and the patient's chance of survival. [/QUOTE]
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