Cuomo: ‘The coronavirus is truly vicious ’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced updates about the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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ANDREW CUOMO: As we've said before, the coronavirus is truly vicious and effective at what the virus does. It's an effective killer. People who are very vulnerable must stay isolated and protected. I mean, that was the point from day one. That was the point with Matilda's Law, my mother. You have to isolate and protect those people.
If a very vulnerable person gets infected with this virus, the probability of a, quote, unquote, "cure" is very low. And that's what this has really been about from day one, that small percentage of the population that's very vulnerable, major effort that has impacted everyone to save the lives of those people who are in the very vulnerable population.
If you're not in a part of that vulnerable population, then you will get sick. 20% require hospitalization. But the hospital system is very effective, and it makes a real difference. And that's why the highest number of people ever now being discharged, right? So you're just seeing the evolution of this whole story. You're seeing the narrative unfold, right?
We're all watching a movie. We're waiting to see what the next scene is. And as the movie unfolds, you start to understand the story better and better-- rush of infection rate, rush of people into the hospital system, hospital system capacity explodes.
More people are in, but more people are coming out. 75% of those people who have now gone into the hospital system are coming out of the hospital system. It also helps with the capacity of the hospital system because obviously, the more people who are coming out, it makes it easier to handle the large influx that's coming in.
