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

Post by Markoff » Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 11:50 PM UTC

torgian wrote: post #28

Too bad they’re not doing more in other cities. My wife ( mainland Chinese ) said the hospital in Chongqing told here there were 24 confirmed cases there. She’s sick now and possibly has the Wuhan virus ( though her chest scans are clear ). Unfortunately the doctors are overworked right now due to the holidays and she can’t see anyone for the next couple days. Hopefully she doesn’t have the virus, but she’s taking pr…

Post by a_f » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:05 AM UTC

jxramos wrote: post #96

coronavirus, where does this stack in the legacy of nasty viruses that come out every few years? I can remember several off hand making the news, maybe I'm lumping some mistakenly. Anyone know a place where a timeline and scale of each pandemic (is that what they're known as?) can be found? * swine flu * SARS * bird flu * H1N1

Post by a_tractor » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 1:28 AM UTC

koheripbal wrote: post #91

yorwba wrote: post #12

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This is exactly the opposite of complex infrastructure. They're reducing a hospital down to the essentials: beds under a roof. If it weren't winter, they could've gotten away with just using tents, too.

I'm still not convinced they aren't just building a simple morgue... or perhaps even just a large covered grave. ...all we see so far is a TON of excavators digging a hole.

Post by hnarn » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 8:11 AM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #62

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…

> Despite reports, surgical masks are completely sold out in China, my dad is asking me to send him 3M masks from abroad. Is 3M a brand, or are you shipping three million masks?

Post by hmbe » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 11:33 AM UTC

lykr0n wrote: post #111

jialutu wrote: post #57

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If you are interested, there is a crowdfund in the UK trying to raise money to provide surgical masks to doctor and nurses in Wuhan. Here is the link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/standbywuhan

No. That's the government's job. China is not some impoverished country.