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JustABozoOnThisBus

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7. What is an "acceptable" plateau?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 04:46 PM

Mar 2021

Last spring, the big goal of masking, etc, seemed to be that the number of people hospitalized doesn't exceed the number of beds. And the number of critical breathing cases doesn't exceed the number of ventilators.

By those measures, we're there. We won.

But I think the "acceptable" plateau is "zero cases" in the country. Then, the next target is "zero cases in the world". Anything above zero is unacceptable.

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Fauci: Current virus plateau 'unacceptable' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2021 OP

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What is an "acceptable" plateau? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #7

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