Voluntarily........out of a job
The death rate of the virus in Italy is much, much higher. Could it be a different strain?
Supposedly the lack of medical facilities, like ICU beds and ventilators. I was reading 3 to 4 weeks ago about most of those in Italy who were in critical condition having to be set aside to perish due to the lack of these things. That is why we are trying to slow it down with stay-at-home measures, limiting shopping, and stopping entertainment types of activities: to keep the spread rate down and not overwhelm the medical facilities.
Those in more rural area in the USA are not seeing the levels of infections yet as are bring seen in the urban areas. But hang on... it
will come in waves and spurts. Idaho is an example: Sun Valley, which is remote, is the worst place there by far; the disease was brought in by skiers and the spread was not checked. The rate of exporting critical cases from Sun Valley to Twin Falls and Boise have already strained those facilities, and the spread has not hit full stride in those 2 place yet.
So if you are far from the urban areas, don't be smug. If you get it and get in a critical condition, your options for treatment are far more limited. For this reason, folks in rural areas need to be even more vigilent.
