Some 191,000 Arkansans may need hospital care for coronavirus, according to new study

[LiberalArkie]

Some 908,900 Arkansans may become infected with the novel coronavirus over the course of the next six months, according to an epidemiological model of the spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas provided by the Arkansas Hospital Association to its members. Among those who become infected, an estimated 190,800 Arkansans may need hospital care and 41,400 may need to be hospitalized in intensive care units in the next six months, according to the projections.

The model, which was obtained by the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network and which the AHA later confirmed it produced, assumes a statewide 40 percent infection rate over the course of six months and puts hospitalization at the peak of the pandemic — in June — at 12,720 beds. There are around 8,400 staffed hospital beds in Arkansas.

The AHA’s numbers were based on a model designed by infectious disease epidemiologists at Harvard University.

Asked about the projections on Thursday, Governor Hutchinson said he and Secretary of Health Dr. Nathaniel Smith had spent a lot of time on modeling.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. That's what almost 10% of the population?

[getagrip_already]

2. he is very concerned, very, very concerned....

but will have to study the situation.

Of course, hospital resources will be available to the right people......

[DBoon]

3. Arkansas will get everything not sent to MI and NY

Red state priorities for Trump.

[gibraltar72]

4. Good luck with that.

[lynintenn]

5. Know 4 people from Conway Arkansas that went to Mardi Gras.

[Canoe52]

6. Arkansas Department of Health is run by idiots. From their ADH website...

March 25, 2020
Advisory for Travelers from New York State and All International Locations
ADH is now recommending Self Home Quarantine for 14 days for all travelers from New York State and all international locations. This is due to high rates of COVID-19 in New York as well as in a growing number of international locations. In the interest of the public health, all travelers who return from one of these locations are advised to quarantine at home for 14 days, starting from the date they left that location.

You can find details of home quarantine here: https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs- services/topics/covid-19-guidance-for-self-home-quarantine

Only New York State? Yea that’ll keep the virus out...

[LiberalArkie]

7. Republicans....