161,000 Deaths in Australia in 2017 (0.64% of 1% of population)
2,315,000 Deaths in the USA in 2018 ( 0.76% of 1% of population )
Italy’s Annual Death Rate is about 600,000 per annum on a stated rate of 10.1 to 10.7 per thousand (which would be around 0.9% of 1% of population )
Just saying
And I find it interesting to observe the emerging attitude of the far right in the US with talk about sacrifice in the name of patriotism to save society (that they link pretty closely to economy)
Interesting, even on this thread, to feel some of those same vibes (if not so extreme) emerging
Can we , or should we ,quarantine (pardon the pun) the volume of sick (requiring hospitalisation) + acutely sick (requiring intensive care ) and the most at risk (elderly) .......from the “functioning” infected / mildly unwell + the unaffected?
The concept surrounds secondment of other private and public assets likely with the support and assistance of the armed forces to deal with the higher logistical load of treatment. And yes , I am aware that we just don’t have the volume of professionals /carers - and also , those on the front lines right now are possibly wearing increased risk as their own immune systems get compromised under the load
But rhetoric is also being used about being at war , silent enemy etc etc . By way of example, and for me - one of the great heroic and inspirational examples of humankind’s can do - during the Battle of Britain the average training time for new pilots was curtailed significantly to get bodies in the air to fight. Matter was compromised in “the normal way” things otherwise would have worked - but the preparedness to re-write your book eventually saw the RAF get to stabilise the Air Battle despite being outnumbered - and then ultimately to emerge victorious.
We are already hearing suggestions / examples of Qantas trying to redirect staff to logistic support with Coles and Woolies , people from the Health and Fitness industry to work as orderlies or anything else in low level support to help lighten any load we can
What about endeavouring to re-direct medical and nursing students who are within 1-2 years from completing their degrees to be called on , displaced specialists who are copping it from cancelled elective surgeries , persons who have previously been qualified nurses but have stayed at
home to prioritise raising their families and are not “modern qualified “
What about “field facilities/ logistics ” that deal with increased load in a combination and pulling together of all above factors and no doubt around a myriad of others that also drives hospitality / catering supply , immediate production initiatives - and there are a range of opportunities here - some of which I’ve seen in my own neighbourhood with the boys at the Milton Rum Distillery re-configuring their operations / stills over the last week to go into bulk sanitiser production. Brilliant . I think I saw something where Dyson (vacuum cleaner manufacturers ) were re-directing part of their operations to Ventilator production. Also brilliant.
There are opportunities everywhere here. And yes a large number of people need help in how they re-wire or re-direct but we have to stop thinking about what we know based on what is now the old paradigm
The new paradigm requires a lot of new creativity , co-operation and leadership - and getting past a level of thinking of what you never would have considered before
So ....with all that said - why can’t we manage both health and economy? If we continue to think , or make of it , a binary choice - it seems we’re more rooted than what we need to be in either of those choices