when you say "cases are critical" are you talking about people who have the thing are critical form this thing?

How many nurses, oxygen and beds do you likely have to accomadate if this reaches even higher numbers?

Critical cases are usually the ones with pneumonia

if so is there any info on what other problems do those people have other then this?

In which you need oxygen

It also has long term effects such as fucking your liver

And your immune system

It's more than just dying from this infection, but the aftershocks w/a swamped medical system. While the hospital is running on 200% capacity (ala Italy), they're already triaging treatments. Meaning those who could have been saved on the severe end are let go because of limited resources.

On top of that there are other conditions that requires hospitalization, ranging from chemo treatments to strokes and car/work place accidents. These victims/patients will have no beds available to them because all capacity is consumed by corona. The deaths will spiral into other health crisis events.

so something like "otherwise healthy people should just stay home" would be about right yah?

unless you have something else going on (pneumonia for example) you shouldn't worry about it?

Not to mention secondary deaths due to reactions to the virus

Such as fighting for tp

Or any other preexisting conditions. Even if you're perfectly healthy, there's no reason to get infected voluntarily for 2 reasons.
1) Passing it onto someone who could die
2) +1 to mutation chance by volunteering yourself as a vector. No reason to increase mutation changes to creating a deadlier strain in your body

ok that's fine

but we are still talking about things that the time for acting on them are all long past.

right now the only thing people can do is not over burden the medical systems

The time to act was the first month

But communists fucked everyone

as they always do

Yes and the responsible thing for govt is institute a state of emergency. Be mature and upfront w/the American public. Something as simple as this;
"Dear fellow Americans. We are at the eve of a great battle against an enemy we cannot see. This not like any war that can be won with bullets and bombs. For the first time, this is a war that everyday Americans like you, can contribute to the front lines. While our health care workers are risking their lives attending to our sick and infected. We as a nation, need you all, from business owners to hourly wager earners. To work together in combating this grave threat to our nation.

I will be working with Congress to see to it that aid is provided to relieve families and businesses that will be impacted by this quarantine. The nation is calling upon you now to help us in this endeavor. Please remain in your homes so that this storm too, shall pass. This great nation has faced many threats, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to 9/11. I have confidence in you all that we will come out of this stronger, but it requires us all to act accordingly. "

and then lay out the steps.
Done.
Instead, NOTHIGN TO SEE HERE, JUST FLU

This was Yangs plan all along

that would have worked if people had stockpiles for just such disasters, but no one anywhere really does.

The call to preparation was 1.5+ months ago

likely the ones who did have such stockpiles are already hunkered down to weather this storm as you say.

They could have easily done nit

And reduced the demand shock onto the supply chain

people should be prepaired at all times

Yea well, 'muricka

Not everyone can think 3 steps ahead let alone see beyond the bridge of their nose

"people should be prepaired at all times" isn't just something i'm saying against americans, it's against everyone in the mondern world.

Not going to lie I'm one to tell racist jokes all the time but people are being legitimately racist over coronavirus like avoiding Asian people in public it's kind of fucked up

I have even less expectations of others given how reliant they are on the govt and can't even comprehend self responsibility

Good

Let the Asians suffer

and it's not like i'm asking them to try and outsmart a computer at chess, i'm asking them to as a matter of just good sense haveing the most basic stockpiles available.

lol yea, Asians are the safest now since we now have an invisible protective bubble via voluntary advoidance from ppl lol

it's a one time cost

It's all the Asians fault for this

Clearly

Because everyone and their mother had to go to china

They're not all disease-ridden chinks they're part of western society just like us they contribute just as much if not more per person