If I was one of those 90% that survive, I'd rather recover completely than be left without smell, sight, hearing or other problems.
How likely is that? There's a curious lack of non-anecdotal evidence.
And I forgot: You wouldn't be one of the 90% but of the 99.5%.
Isn't that what much of the health care system is? Maybe I am overly cynical, but it seems we can't/don't fix underlying issues as much as treat symptoms. I really only have a third grade understanding of this stuff (we can fix bacterial infections but not viral ones) which is why I asked the original question.
In general yes. But we've been neglecting everyone's quality of life for the past months, making an exception here makes no sense.
To focus on another point the person you're replying to thought was the focus, limiting length of stay in the hospital would be valuable, even if it didn't affect mortality. Especially when one of the potential problems with COVID is running out of beds.
I'd count that as preventing deaths since that's the point of being treated in a hospital.