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"Turn all your ships to hospital ships" Dear God no. Please don't create a covid19 death ship. Covid19 has proven to be a ruthless killer on recycled air syst
by ransom1538 7y ago
"Turn all your ships to hospital ships"
Dear God no. Please don't create a covid19 death ship. Covid19 has proven to be a ruthless killer on recycled air systems. It would be impossible to screen for the virus - it would certainly find it's way on board.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThere are numerous non-covid medical conditions which could benefit. Though whether or not recreational cruise ships could be reasonably repurposed, and staffed, in time is a bit of a stretch.
- sjg007 7y agoThe army core of engineers would have to heavily modify them. We do have hospital ships. I am not sure it'd be possible though to get negative pressure in the HVAC.. maybe.
- pjc50 7y agoIn that case, the best use might be the "isolate mild cases" approach: everyone who tests positive goes on the ship, even (especially) if they don't have symptoms. If they deteriorate to severe, move them to a real hospital. This has been a big part of the Wuhan campaign.
- Donald 7y agoRepeated exposure makes covid-19 cases worse.
- barry-cotter 7y agoI doubt that. It’s more likely to depend on the viral load you’re exposed to. Being a nurse with inadequate PPE intubating someone and being exposed to large quantities of COVID once will give the virus a head start, whereas running through a cough cloud and just barely getting enough to infect you five times over the course of an hour will give your immune system a head start.
- dirtyid 7y agoMany medical procedures have been pushed back, a bunch of surgeons twiddling their thumbs somewhere. Might be useful to have them operate out of retrofitted cruise medical ships.