The meteoric growth of Covid‐19 is overwhelming health care systems; having to care for the 30% of those severely affected. This 30% is predominantly the elderly, but adults of any age may require hospitalization.
In the US there are approximately 197 million people aged over 21 years, and with a 10% hospitalization rate (Colorado is currently just under a 19% hospitalization percentage), we would experience 19.7 million people who will potentially need hospitalization sometime between April and July 2020 ‐ with a sub‐set of potentially millions requiring ICU care.