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For what it's worth, Germany is currently taking patients from Italy[1] and sending ventilators to Spain[2] to help them out. I think it just took some time to
by wcoenen 7y ago
For what it's worth, Germany is currently taking patients from Italy[1] and sending ventilators to Spain[2] to help them out. I think it just took some time to go from "scrambling to prepare" to cooperation between EU countries.
[1] https://dw.com/en/coronavirus-treating-european-patients-in-germany/a-52943695 https://dw.com/en/coronavirus-treating-european-patients-in-...
[2] https://www.efe.com/efe/english/portada/berlin-sends-ventilators-to-spain-taking-in-patients-from-italy-france/50000260-4212884# https://www.efe.com/efe/english/portada/berlin-sends-ventila...
- mercer 7y agoIt remains to be seen whether such gestures are just PR though.
- Pedrit0 7y agoI think that the French and Italian patients being taken in charge by the German hospital won't give a f* that it is PR or not. They just want to survive and they sure will remember the german hand. Europe is a land of memory. We will not forget either the US actions.
- mercer 7y agoJesus Christ, what makes you assume I don't care that it's good for the patients? That's entire beside the point. If Germany does <x> that does good for a handful of Italians, but <y> that causes damage to many more, surely you'd agree that at the very least it's worth questioning whether <x> is a PR move? But reasonably we could even discuss it without diminishing how <x> might've really helped? I mean, seriously, Jesus Fucking Christ. Should we have avoided discussing Hitler's problematic policies re: the Jews because he gave a bum a dime once? EDIT: predicting the response to be 'how dare you compare this to Hitler!?'. Is everything just aesthetics nowadays?
- Pedrit0 7y agoAm not sure this 'Jesus Christ' you invoke in your answer would like your words and your logic...
- BrandoElFollito 7y agoAlso taking patients from France (we are grateful)