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Prioritizing the Vulnerable to Address Hospital Bed Shortages
1:53:25 - 1:57:56 (04:31)
A focus on protecting vulnerable people in institutionalized settings, such as nursing homes, can address the issue of hospital bed and ventilator shortages during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The idea of focus protection proposes to protect those people who are at the most serious risk from the disease itself, based on two scientific facts: the steep age gradient and the existence of locked arms.
1:53:25 - 1:54:37 (01:12)
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The idea of focus protection proposes to protect those people who are at the most serious risk from the disease itself, based on two scientific facts: the steep age gradient and the existence of locked arms.
ChapterPrioritizing the Vulnerable to Address Hospital Bed Shortages
Episode#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Focusing on Protecting Vulnerable Populations can Address Shortages of Hospital Beds and Ventilators
By protecting the older, vulnerable, and chronically ill patients in institutionalized settings, such as nursing homes, we can effectively address the shortage of hospital beds and ventilators in a country like ours, where many of these populations reside.
1:54:37 - 1:57:07 (02:30)
Summary
By protecting the older, vulnerable, and chronically ill patients in institutionalized settings, such as nursing homes, we can effectively address the shortage of hospital beds and ventilators in a country like ours, where many of these populations reside.
ChapterPrioritizing the Vulnerable to Address Hospital Bed Shortages
Episode#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The conversation proposes that older people living in high community spread areas should be provided with home deliveries of groceries or a volunteer effort to go out and shop for them to prevent their exposure.
1:57:08 - 1:57:56 (00:48)
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The conversation proposes that older people living in high community spread areas should be provided with home deliveries of groceries or a volunteer effort to go out and shop for them to prevent their exposure. Additionally, identifying where the vulnerable people live can be beneficial in providing the necessary support.