Shelter-in-Place Orders Saved Nearly 250,000 Lives

[babylonsister]

May 19, 2020
Shelter-in-Place Orders Saved Nearly 250,000 Lives
New research suggests lockdowns have indeed flattened the curve.
Laura Thompson


Finally, some good news: Despite months of botched coronavirus testing, limited treatment options and flip-flopping on masks, new research suggests something is working to flatten the curve—stay-at-home orders. According to an analysis by the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, in the 30 largest metro areas, shelter-in-place orders likely saved 232,878 lives and prevented 2.1 million hospitalizations. In New York City, the epicenter of the pandemic, nearly 25,000 lives were saved in 45 days of stay-at-home. By the end of this month, the researchers estimate that New York will have avoided more than 30,000 covid-19 deaths, and nearly 300,000 hospitalizations.

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“What we really wanted to do was to say this matters. Doing nothing is in fact doing something,” Jennifer Kolker, associate dean for public health practice at the Dornsife School, told The Hill. “We really wanted to give city leaders the opportunity to say to their residents and their jurisdictions, ‘Hey folks, look what you did, you saved lives, you kept people out of the hospital.'”

You can read more estimates from cities including Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Seattle here.

https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/05/shelter-in-place-orders-saved-nearly-250000-lives/

[crickets]

1. K&R for visibility.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

2. The problem avoided is the most undervalued achievement

The thing we benefit from the most and the thing that is the least appreciated is the avoided disaster. When you do the smart thing and thereby prevent something bad from happening we tend as a society to ignore the incredible value-losses not incurred, remediation not needed, invaluable assets not destroyed. I could go on, but suffice it to say morons who don't understand they benefited from intelligent pro-active decisions should be subjected to an "It's a Wonderful Life" moment to illustrate what could have been-but wasn't.

[uponit7771]

3. K&R, and during the high level NPI Red Don should've gotten a Test/Trace/Isolate process but failed

... to like they have already failed to.