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yikes... if it still spreads like crazy in commerce/public space shutdown conditions, i wonder if this variant is more conducive to fomite spread. i also wonde
by a-dub 6y ago
yikes... if it still spreads like crazy in commerce/public space shutdown conditions, i wonder if this variant is more conducive to fomite spread.
i also wonder what can and should be done now to prepare and lighten the load on frontline nurses and medical staff. maybe it's time to train up and bring in an army of techs to mind the machines?
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoI believe the vaccine is what “lightens the load” so to speak.
- hedora 6y agoIn the US, we decided not to train up more people to help. In fact, over 1,000,000 doctors have been laid off or stopped working during the pandemic. The time to build up our response capacity was this summer. We spent trillions of dollars to buy time, but didn’t spend a comparably small amount of money to actually prepare for this winter. In short, it’s too late. Current shortages of health care were completely predictable and avoidable.
- choward 6y agoExactly, there's two ways to make sure hospitals aren't overrun. Decrease the number of patients or increase capacity. For some reason everyone is only focused on the former.
- a-dub 6y agothere is still more time now than there will be in a few weeks to take steps. they literally built hospitals in 10 days in china, i think we could relax some regs and allow health systems/med schools to train up a few thousand technicians. this whole "oh welp we fucked up let's just let the healthcare system deal with it" attitude is terrible. there are steps that can be taken now.