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…
New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals
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#22public school gymnasiums?
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#23Cruise 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…
I wonder why the air aboard cruise ships has to recirculate so much—it seems like cruise ships are usually about 1/2 surrounded by breathable air at normal atmospheric pressure. Is it about heating and cooling, like, passengers would feel very uncomfortable if the air in their cabins had a lot of fresh sea air mixed into it? Do they do something to filter out the salt from the air intake?
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#24Cruise 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…
Virus spread shouldn’t be a huge issue if you only put confirmed cases on the ship.
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#25That sounds like a good idea. 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.
Totally agree but not to be pedant, but state governments should have some sort of emergency provisions as well. Some people forget we're the United States for a reason. Each state is actually it's own "functional" government. Maybe we should start training state troopers as well for some of these possibilities.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I think the parent meant using them as mobile quarantine/treatment centers for confirmed cases.
The point about the recirculating air means that whoever is caring for the sick is also going to get sick.
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#27All 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…
Interesting daydream, but why would any of that matter with an asteroid hitting the earth? It doesn't make sense.
They created the most optimal situation to respond in the aftermath.
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#28That sounds like a good idea. 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.
portable tent hospitals
Santa Clara County Regional Medical Center put up their tents last week.
California has enough disasters each year that the emergency systems are ready to go.
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#29That sounds like a good idea. 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.
We actually do have emergency hospitals, though we've historically used ships and been liberal in sending them to aid foreign countries.
Obviously we should further extend that strategy for the continental US.
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#30All 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…
Click bate: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/asteroid-warning-april-202...
This theory itself is already more credible than Snopes.com.. Of course part of the plan is to NOT make us realize one is headed directly our way, until they're fully set up and ready.