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03-02-2020, 11:13 AM | #421 | |
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03-02-2020, 11:14 AM | #422 |
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03-02-2020, 11:16 AM | #423 |
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Oh yeah, one other big concern - Northern Italy is out of hospital beds after saying they would be fine a week ago. The US only has 100k ICU beds. We really need to do everything we can now to slow this thing down so the healthcare system isn't overwhelmed - which could be a huge factor in death rate in some of these places.
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03-02-2020, 11:21 AM | #424 | |
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Not according to Italy https://www.thelocal.it/20200302/cor...latest-numbers |
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03-02-2020, 11:38 AM | #425 |
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That article says nothing about beds.
Lombardy, Italy needs 7500 ICU beds and the entire US only has 100k. This is concerning. |
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03-02-2020, 11:40 AM | #426 | |
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When a disaster strikes, they will send ventilators bought or marked for sale to the effected area with the permission of the previous purchasers. They will just get the next ones after the crisis. There are contractors that can be hired to run those machines and take care of patients. But, its an isolated area like after a hurricane, earthquake etc. that's the limits of our capability. When there is a possible nationwide need like in a pandemic, we will have no chance to save that many people. This country just doesn't have the medical capacity for that kind of demand. No country does. Last edited by BigRedChief; 03-02-2020 at 11:45 AM.. |
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03-02-2020, 11:51 AM | #427 |
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03-02-2020, 11:54 AM | #428 | |
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03-02-2020, 11:55 AM | #429 |
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03-02-2020, 11:56 AM | #430 |
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03-02-2020, 11:58 AM | #431 |
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03-02-2020, 12:00 PM | #432 | |
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It was estimated that about 59 million Americans contracted the H1N1 virus, 265,000 were hospitalized as a result, and 12,000 died. We're about 3 months into the outbreak, (worldwide) and we're at under 100 confirmed cases in the US. (A lot of those cases were people we brought home from hot spot areas) Will the number of cases go up? Almost certainly. But can we limit the cases to communities in which they appear? I'm trying to be optimistic.. The alternative is too bleak. |
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03-02-2020, 12:01 PM | #433 |
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03-02-2020, 12:03 PM | #434 | |
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Ive participated in nation wide medical disaster drills. We have practiced this. I know what the results were. Anyone in the medical field will tell you the same thing. You think because we are USA!USA! We can magically produce more medical supplies, ventilators? 99% are made in China. This is the reality of a worse case scenerio, a pandemic. Your already seeing shortages in Italy. The health care system stretched thin. China, we know because you can’t hide from satellite photos, is in much worse shape. Last edited by BigRedChief; 03-02-2020 at 12:08 PM.. |
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03-02-2020, 12:06 PM | #435 | |
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