Beating Coronavirus: Flattening the Curve, Raising the Line

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[osmosis]

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[b.henselae]

I believe it’s important to make a pause and stand out all the wonderful job you’ve all accomplished through Osmosis. I’ve been a member of the app for a couple of months, and it’s totally worth it, especially for people with ADHD, like me. I’m a physician, doing my residency in clinical microbiology, so I’ll tell everyone about your existence whenever I can. Lots of love!

[zamazingoo]

This is an amazing channel! Thanks for informing us day to day. I hope we all get over this horrible time...

[the_true_medicine]

As Iraqi dr, we have no thing to do it against this pandemic . Up to now, total number of cases is 216 and the total number of deaths is 16 . Roughly , case specific mortality rate is 10%, very huge percent . And I think all Arabian countries have the same problem .
Let’s unite against the pandemic ..

[jamesrusselleriii]

Happy two-year anniversary of flattening the curve!

[robertschlesinger]

Absolutely superb video summarizing what the public needs to know and some key things they can do to help in this pandemic. A must see for everyone.

[veronicamarquez]

Raising the line has gotten a bit tricky. Thousands of people who were ready to take board exams such as NCLEX were cancelled due to guidelines. All precautionary measures are largely warranted but it also put a halt in raising the line. Many had jobs lined up in their already saturated facilities and testing centers didn’t even consider the option of making special accommodations to keep everyone safe. As of right now testing is suspended for the next 30 days and as we have seen 30 days with less resources can be a blow to raising the line in these dire days.

[anthonyposelenzny]

The other problem is that if we close some businesses too long we will destroy the world economy.

[kitchiesmom]

Why people don't understand this is astounding.

[goldeneddie]

So 'flattening the curve' means 'lengthening the curve' and that means the total number of deaths stays the same, just over a longer period of time? So it's just like flattening a balloon, there's the same amount of air in a flattened balloon. When we flatten the curve by prioritising cv, we also deprioritise all the other conditions like cancer and surgery. If the amount of cv deaths stay the same, the lengthened curve means MORE deaths from other neglected conditions, is that right?

[lobofitness]

Still wondering why people think toilet paper is good against COVID-19? 🤔

[daisyxu]

Love your last line! Yes we need to unite, it's not a time to blame!

[algorace]

Me when I have grandchildren:
Grandpa, why do you like to take a walk so often?
Me: There was a year by the name of 2020 in which doing so was illegal.

[isaicalderon]

Great stuff! My cousin (a Doctor in Guatemala) and I would love to translate this into Spanish!

[kskfrancisms]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing this information. Keep safe everyone.

[brandonjimenez]

Can someone help me understand why there is no need to factor in the population of people infected and not infected? Please and thank you

[knowledgeworld]

Hello, osmosis pls make a videos on surgery and surgical med school....

[colo]

Covit19 is pandemic, and let's not making a panicdemic.

[adityabisht]

I have a doubt. By flattening the curve the cases sure do go less, but won't the time period extend. As we can see not only in the States the economy has fallen but also the other countries where the countries economical condition has been deteriorating in the past weeks.Flattening the curve sure helps in the present but can become a disaster in the future as countries need to do some drastic changes to get the economy up and going. Just thinking out loud🤗🤗

[charlesstrong]

Yes but flattering the curve would also prolong the epidemic. We talking months vs weeks.