This pandemic warning may be unimportant but there is always that chance of a really big flu season. Remember, the equivalent of the 1918-19 Spanish Flu - that is, one for which few people have any immunity, would certainly kill upwards of 100 million since there is exactly ZERO useful treatment for such a virus.
All you can do is treat symptoms such as dehydration and when it gets really bad put the patient on a ventilator.
Once all ventilators in a hospital are hooked up to patients (or vice versa) there is nothing further to do for really sick young or elderly flu patients.
CDC Guides
All you can do is treat symptoms such as dehydration and when it gets really bad put the patient on a ventilator.
NCBI estimates there are 62,188 full mechanical ventilators in the U.S.
Once all ventilators in a hospital are hooked up to patients (or vice versa) there is nothing further to do for really sick young or elderly flu patients.
CDC Guides
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