11–20 of 111 posts
Hospitals rely on 100% outside. Meaning they don't recycle existing air already circulated. Pretty sure hotels don't have that kind of HVAC.
Perhaps filters can be jury-rigged on the vents. Maybe you only staff them with people who've already survived. Maybe you turn off the HVAC and open up the windows. Maybe it's the last resort option.
Cruise ships aren't bad options either. I hear they're a bit underutilized
>Keeping all the passengers on board instead of letting them disembark on land is a strategy that can backfire, however, according to experts, because the ventilation systems and close quarters of cruise ships make them ideal places for illness to jump from one person to the next.
>“They’re not designed as quarantine facilities, to put it mildly,” said Don Milton, an epidemiologist with the University of Maryland.
>Milton, who studies the spread of virus particles in the air, said recirculating air on a cruise ship’s ventilation system, along with people living in close quarters and in communal settings, make the vessels vulnerable to the spread of infection.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/03/07/cor...
I hope one thing comes out of this pandemic: that our governments, local and federal, stockpile portable tent hospitals and equipment that can be put in place quickly for future problems. I doubt this will happen in the USA, but that is what I hope happens. I think health infrastructure is part of national security and should receive appropriate resources.
Hospitals rely on 100% outside. Meaning they don't recycle existing air already circulated. Pretty sure hotels don't have that kind of HVAC.
All preparing us for the asteroid hit next month... Hotels are now hospitals, Walmart parking lots are make-shift triage centers, military and national guard in every corner, people at home, kids out of school, no flights, empty air fields, workplaces are fully distributed with no central offices... I would do exactly that if I knew an asteroid was coming. People can relate to a "flu", not a direct hit... https://www…
I hear NYU and Columbia's dorms are empty.
Cruise ships aren't bad options either. I hear they're a bit underutilized
I like the spirit of the idea (keeping them away from others), but other than that, it's not a wise idea: >Keeping all the passengers on board instead of letting them disembark on land is a strategy that can backfire, however, according to experts, because the ventilation systems and close quarters of cruise ships make them ideal places for illness to jump from one person to the next. >“They’re not designed as quaran…
Cruise ships aren't bad options either. I hear they're a bit underutilized
Madrid, Spain just announced 40 hospitals will be turned to hospital rooms. 9,000 beds.
There is a logical mistake in this sentence.