Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
I don't think anyone has questioned the quality of the Italian health care.I would like to explain Italy to people. I will preface by saying this information comes from a doctor.
Italy's problem is socialized medicine. If you are a smart Italian doctor you leave Italy to go work in a country where you can make more money. This is actually what happens in every county with socialized medicine. The best and the brightest leave because they don't want to work for pennies. This is especially bad in Italy because their economy isn't the best to begin with.
So Italy is doing its best with the b team of under paid doctors and nurses in a country that can barely afford basic healthcare for its citizens.
Meanwhile the US has the best doctors in the world and a well funded private healthcare system that while not fair for poor people is better than any where else in the world.
When people say the American healthcare system is bad they are not taking about quality, they are talking about access. There is a reason wealthy people come to the US for serious medical treatment after all.
Socialized medicine is ok for normal stuff but it gets exposed during crisis for obvious reasons.
But what about Germany you ask?
Germany is hiding their numbers because if someone dies with coronavirus and they have comorbidities they report the comorbidities as the cause if death. That is why their death rate is so low.
This is a pandemic, there is no cure for this virus, the treatment is purely supportive. It will be controlled with public health measures not with having an "a team" of doctors (whatever that means).
Using this to push your political agenda seems like bad form, especially since its still early days for the USA outbreak. Who knows what the US numbers will look like in a few weeks.
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