Yes, western countries should not deceive themselves about the standard of care. Bruce Aylward of WHO says that they rapidly scaled up to world-leading capability [1]:
they find cases fast, get them isolated, in treatment, and supported early. Second thing they do is ventilate dozens in the average hospital; they use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [removing blood from a person’s body and oxygenating their red blood cells] when ventilation doesn’t work. This is sophisticated health care. They have a survival rate for this disease I would not extrapolate to the rest of the world. What you’ve seen in Italy and Iran is that a lot of people are dying.
The more that comes out about China's response, the more I fear that it will be hard for anyone else to follow, and not just or primarily due to the severe quarantine. China snapped its fingers and went to a wartime footing.
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Wuhan is pretty developed. Turns out level of development means very little when the number of critical patients exceeds the number of ICU beds.
Feel free to cite any other scientific study that establishes a lower CFR, by the way.
Yes, western countries should not deceive themselves about the standard of care. Bruce Aylward of WHO says that they rapidly scaled up to world-leading capability [1]:
[1] https://www.vox.com/2020/3/2/21161067/coronavirus-covid19-ch...
The more that comes out about China's response, the more I fear that it will be hard for anyone else to follow, and not just or primarily due to the severe quarantine. China snapped its fingers and went to a wartime footing.