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Abstract

fortunate outcome is primarily attributable to a disproportionate excess of relative capacity and resources allocated to a low rate of admission of COVID-19 patients. This contention implies that limiting the number of COVID-19 patients below an individualized threshold should be associated with a reduction in the overall mortality rate.The development of regional and national policies 3 allowing for rapid, safe, and effective dispersal of patients between medical institutions that have experience and expertise in treating patients in acute respiratory failure, rather than increasing capacity to accommodate more patients in a given institution, could well represent the primary remedy to this burden/ mortality relationship.