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China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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I was born and raised in Wuhan. My father and a few friends are still in Wuhan, one of the friend is a nurse. Here's what they told me: * The hospitals in Wuhan are at absolute maximum capacity. they are lumping any fever cases (e.g. flu) patients with potential coronavirus patients in the same room. * People with mild symptoms are sent home due to capacity, they are instructed to be quarantined at home unless sympto…

Those masks are manufactured in China and are not available? Something doesn’t add up

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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> Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. Not only infrastructure, it's just everything here glides like on butter in comparison to my experience in Canada and US, both in public and private spheres. My experience making business in Canada: drag and head current in everything. That's a part of the culture: t…

Could the delay, in part, be there are more checks and balances that are thoroughly checked? Likewise the populations and level of development are at very different levels not only with population size to compare but also with the amount of workers in different positions there will be in China compared to in the US and Canada for development related work. I don't disagree that there's likely an overabundance of think…

There is a widespread tendency to do things quickly in China and it's not (only) because of absence of checks and balances.

Compared to the UK you notice that when you go to the bank: Clerks work fast, the supermarket: Cashier will scan items faster than you can put them into your bags, local MacDonald's: Your food is ready fast.

It works the other way round: Chinese who visit the UK often comment that everything is slower.

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. Not only infrastructure, it's just everything here glides like on butter in comparison to my experience in Canada and US, both in public and private spheres. My experience making business in Canada: drag and head current in everything. That's a part of the culture: t…

Could the delay, in part, be there are more checks and balances that are thoroughly checked? Likewise the populations and level of development are at very different levels not only with population size to compare but also with the amount of workers in different positions there will be in China compared to in the US and Canada for development related work. I don't disagree that there's likely an overabundance of think…

56.3% of Germans had completed an apprenticeship or trade school in 2017, a slight drop from 57.8% in 2008. University degrees are gaining. https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Educat...

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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I was born and raised in Wuhan. My father and a few friends are still in Wuhan, one of the friend is a nurse. Here's what they told me: * The hospitals in Wuhan are at absolute maximum capacity. they are lumping any fever cases (e.g. flu) patients with potential coronavirus patients in the same room. * People with mild symptoms are sent home due to capacity, they are instructed to be quarantined at home unless sympto…

* Domestic news are filled with non-sense, top 3 news today are praising Xi's CNY speech, which has exactly zero word mentioning the pandemic or Wuhan.

I can't put my finger on this where I may have seen this foxy pattern before...

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

#46

I was born and raised in Wuhan. My father and a few friends are still in Wuhan, one of the friend is a nurse. Here's what they told me: * The hospitals in Wuhan are at absolute maximum capacity. they are lumping any fever cases (e.g. flu) patients with potential coronavirus patients in the same room. * People with mild symptoms are sent home due to capacity, they are instructed to be quarantined at home unless sympto…

Those masks are manufactured in China and are not available? Something doesn’t add up

Yes, scalpers swoop them up in all online stores. They are even sold out on Amazon US, Canada, UK and DE. I was told only the ones with a N95 rating can be effective against this virus.

https://www.amazon.com/3M-Particulate-Respirator-8210-Pack/d...

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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I was born and raised in Wuhan. My father and a few friends are still in Wuhan, one of the friend is a nurse. Here's what they told me: * The hospitals in Wuhan are at absolute maximum capacity. they are lumping any fever cases (e.g. flu) patients with potential coronavirus patients in the same room. * People with mild symptoms are sent home due to capacity, they are instructed to be quarantined at home unless sympto…

Those masks are manufactured in China and are not available? Something doesn’t add up

Everyone in China who can afford to buy masks has scrambled to buy them. Of course they're sold out. Production is probably ramping up massively, but that's still not enough to satisfy demand right now.

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those masks are manufactured in China and are not available? Something doesn’t add up

Yes, scalpers swoop them up in all online stores. They are even sold out on Amazon US, Canada, UK and DE. I was told only the ones with a N95 rating can be effective against this virus. https://www.amazon.com/3M-Particulate-Respirator-8210-Pack/d...

Hmm, but it is in stock on Amazon US right now?

I also went to tmall.com, Alibaba’s Chinese online marketplace, and it appears they are in stock too:

https://list.tmall.com/search_product.htm?q=%BF%DA%D5%D6n95&...

Re: China building 1k-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

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Can you imagine something like this happening in America?

>Can you imagine something like this happening in America? A new, dangerous respiratory virus mutating in the overcrowded and unhygienic environment of a poorly-managed city market, and then spreading almost unchecked for six weeks, amidst continual denials of its serious nature? No, probably not.

No probably not... crammed homeless in city parks giving each other Hep, city streets disinfected from feces, leprosy being endemic in parts of the homeless population. People unable to afford life-saving medication or unable to take time off work due to lack of medical leave, choosing to carry their viruses to work. People also never eat Armadillo meet and come down with the plague. Large parts of the population distrusting science and government and rejecting vital vaccination to keep diseases from spreading.

Such things would never happen in any kind of first world country. let's focus on exotic animal markets in China to make us all feel superior

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