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03-12-2020, 03:49 PM | #2731 |
Dirty Bit
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I'm not doubting you, but god damn you have literally seen/done it all.
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03-12-2020, 03:50 PM | #2732 |
Has a particular set of skills
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if you wait until the existing system is swamped, people will die waiting for ventilators to breathe for them until the virus runs its course.
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03-12-2020, 03:51 PM | #2733 |
Life is changing..
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Or in a month this thing may have peaked and we might be heading in a good direction. We don't know.
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03-12-2020, 03:52 PM | #2734 | |
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03-12-2020, 03:53 PM | #2735 |
Has a particular set of skills
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I worked at Truman Medical center. At the time it was the only level one trauma center in the area. They wanted an expert Respiratory Therapist on the board. I was the only one who volunteered since you wouldn’t get paid for attending meetings.
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03-12-2020, 03:53 PM | #2736 | |
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03-12-2020, 03:54 PM | #2737 |
Please squeeze
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03-12-2020, 03:54 PM | #2738 | |
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This is the issue. Italy has been asking retired doctors to unretire. Keep in mind most healthcare providers cannot run a ventilator |
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03-12-2020, 03:54 PM | #2739 | |
Mahomes: We Are All Witnesses
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At least those preservative-packed foods only cause the less threatening epidemics such as obesity and diabetes. |
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03-12-2020, 03:59 PM | #2740 |
"Think BOOM!"
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For those interested in China and bushmeat, and why it relates to this pandemic:
https://www.chinadialogue.net/articl...ushmeat-debate The latest research shows the genome of the new virus is 96% identical to a coronavirus found in bats, making them the most likely source – as was the case with SARS. It is not yet clear how the virus made its way into the human population. Zhong Nanshan, head of a National Health Commission expert panel and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has suggested bamboo rats or badgers may have been an intermediate host. Research published on 7 February by the South China Agricultural University claims that pangolins – one of the most trafficked mammals in Asia – could also be a link. There is as yet no definitive conclusion, but close contact between humans and an intermediate host would have allowed the virus to jump the species barrier. A price list from the Huanan market, circulated online, shows that prior to its closure on 31 December, meat from animals such as the bamboo rat and civet cat were openly on sale. The civet cat is believed to have been the intermediate host in the SARS epidemic. Bushmeat is an important part of the cuisine of the mountainous south-east of China. Consuming wild animal meat to improve health is also connected to traditional Chinese medicine. But this tradition has been taken to extremes, with beliefs that the meat of animals with certain characteristics, such as strength, will boost that characteristic in the consumer, and that the “wilder” an animal is the more health benefits it provides. Civet cats are the most prized of all. |
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03-12-2020, 04:00 PM | #2741 |
"You like to drink?"
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Since that NPR article was oh so helpful outlining what Singapore did, here's one that explains what they did three days after transmission was recognized in country.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapor...e-institutions |
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03-12-2020, 04:00 PM | #2742 |
Life is changing..
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I think I've asked this in the thread before, but never got an answer. Maybe someone can answer now.
If the outbreak is so bad in the US. And we're so far in the shadows about the actual number of the population that have the virus, why aren't healthcare facilities already overrun? Why aren't old people dying at alarming rates all over the country due to people visiting with the virus like they did in Washington? Forget the testing - how would someone miss all of these obvious signs? Could it be because it isn't being spread everywhere at an alarming rate? |
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03-12-2020, 04:02 PM | #2743 |
I love your mom
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Our hospital doesn't even have 1 ventilator, 80 bed hospital mostly chronic care, retirement community, with 2 referral Hospitals who currently are running over capacity, once we start getting hit (only 1 positive) in the area we are ****ed.
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03-12-2020, 04:02 PM | #2744 | |
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Most likely it isn't widespread yet, or if it is, the fatality rate isn't as high as we expect. It's possible that there were cases not initially identified as Covid-19 as well. |
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03-12-2020, 04:03 PM | #2745 | |
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