Taken from the UK's Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre - a table from their report, as of April 4th showing the COVID-19 critical care admissions. They include in the far right column their 2017-19 data on critical care hospitalizations for Non-COVID-19 viral pneumonia, "the flu." COVID-19's data remains in flux. But you can begin to see how much COVID-19 is the same and different from "the flu."
Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA
Director of Medicine
Charles Dinerstein, MD, MBA, is the Medical Director of the American Council on Science and Health. A vascular surgeon with more than 25 years of clinical experience, he brings a physician's understanding of medical decision-making, an appreciation for scientific uncertainty, and a broader perspective on healthcare economics and policy to his writing.
