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Also worth noting that older patients need to go to the hospital for other issues.  Heart attacks, for example, don't stop happening just because of coronavirus.  Patients who enter a hospital that is full of sick younger people who will survive but eat crucial resources won't do well, and more importantly, will be at very high risk of acquiring Covid-19 while in the hospital.  In Italy, there are a ton of coronavirus infections among healthcare workers (something like 10%).

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Now Trump is saying he would like to have it "open" by Easter (April 12)

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Also worth noting that older patients need to go to the hospital for other issues.  Heart attacks, for example, don't stop happening just because of coronavirus.  Patients who enter a hospital that is full of sick younger people who will survive but eat crucial resources won't do well, and more importantly, will be at very high risk of acquiring Covid-19 while in the hospital.  In Italy, there are a ton of coronavirus infections among healthcare workers (something like 10%).

BC

Now Trump is saying he would like to have it "open" by Easter (April 12)