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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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Post by AzzieElbab »

blackrock wrote: post #10
yostrovs wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Viruses seem to start and spread faster using the complex infrastructure. This is yet another reason to prefer independent cars to herd-like public transport.

I had to laugh at this comment, since it’s quite true. So would you prefer to spend a week driving from Los Angeles to New York, instead of spending 5 hours flying, in a herd-like tin can, crammed full of people, and re-breathing the same recycled air?

Why does this have to be about planes? I fly 3-4 times a year, I take subway every day.

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

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Post by greedo »

socceroos wrote: post #2

Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. The are some good reasons we don't quite go at this pace, but there are lots of good lessons about expediency to be gleaned as well.

It's a field hospital, not a modern building. Imagine MASH...

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

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Post by beamatronic »

BiasRegularizer wrote: post #39

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…

Why aren’t all the alarm bells being sounded around the world?

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

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Post by ars »

solarhoma wrote: post #59
cddotdotslash wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, instead we just have periodic resurgence of diseases that have been cured for decades, like measles, that kill hundreds of children and vulnerable adults because a significant portion of our population doesn't "believe" in modern science and a significant portion of our government isn't willing to make them do otherwise. But no, we don't have dirty food markets, so we have that going for us.

These diseases typically manifest in areas with high populations of religious fanatics. Many of the cases that I have heard of originate in the boroughs NYC. Sounds strange that a large population of religious fanatics would reside in NYC but they are there.

This is not true. Rates of vaccine refusal among Jews is almost exactly the same as that of the general public.

The most you can say is that Jews have more contact with each other (they have strong community ties) so the virus has a chance to spread.

PS. Good job labeling ordinary people "religious fanatics". You might want to take a deep look inside yourself.

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

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Post by theseadroid »

BiasRegularizer wrote: post #39

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…

reference to your last point please?

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

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Post by ars »

peterkelly wrote: post #25

Can you imagine something like this happening in America?

If the US needed to build emergency field hospitals they would have the Civil Engineer Corps (part of the military) do it.

The military is quite experienced at putting up buildings very very fast.

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

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Post by Symbiote »

beamatronic wrote: post #83
BiasRegularizer wrote: post #39

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…

Why aren’t all the alarm bells being sounded around the world?

It's headline news in every national newspaper worldwide. What more do you expect?

(I checked five European papers from different countries, then five from African countries. It's on the homepage on all of them.)

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

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Post by koheripbal »

beamatronic wrote: post #83
BiasRegularizer wrote: post #39

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…

Why aren’t all the alarm bells being sounded around the world?

Because bureaucrats can only see "confirmed" numbers, despite the obvious signs that the numbers are wrong.

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

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Post by koheripbal »

erdosnew wrote: post #78
BiasRegularizer wrote: post #39

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…

this morning's news seems to indicate that the virus entered body via eyes according to expert. wearing mask alone probably won't be enough to prevent infection.

link to claim please
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