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If you get a bad dose and you can’t get a respirator you’re in big trouble. Guess what happens when there are so many sick that respirators run out. What happen
by rusk 6y ago
If you get a bad dose and you can’t get a respirator you’re in big trouble. Guess what happens when there are so many sick that respirators run out. What happens when hospitals are overrun with patients with ‘mild’ symptoms? We’ve been talking about this for nine months and you’re still at the marginal deaths stage of reasoning. Do you need a picture drawn for you or something?
- burnthrow 6y ago> Do you need a picture drawn for you or something? And Reddit clapped.
- qeternity 6y agoBrilliant logic there. And if I cross the street, I might get hit by a bus. Let's ban cars. You seem to be struggling that this is a hugely complex situation that might call for slightly more sophisticated logic than you're apparently capable of. > What happens when hospitals are overrun with patients with ‘mild’ symptoms? Um wow tough one. Maybe prioritize severe cases like we have been doing for the past 9 months which has worked so well that the Nightingale covid hospitals have never been used... > We’ve been talking about this for nine months and you’re still at the marginal deaths stage of reasoning. I'm sorry, what are you suggesting? Ultimately marginal deaths is what this is all about. That's ultimately why hospital capacity matters. Are you sure you've joined the right game here?
- FartyMcFarter 6y ago> the Nightingale covid hospitals have never been used... Because there's no staff to use them: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55413831 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55413831 > "We are already 'diluting' our skilled ICU nursing staff with less-well-trained volunteers." > As well as staffing, some have argued there is just not the equipment available to treat the sickest patients > "In some there are not even appropriate toilet facilities. They were built in a rush because we were desperate." Based on that info, my guess is these hospitals will only be used as a very last resort, possibly staffed with vets or NHS staff moved from elsewhere in the country for a short period... This is not a scenario that we should encourage or count on.
- rusk 6y agoIt’s the economy, stupid. All you guys trying to find excuses to keep on going as normal because “the economy” are engaged in myopic, short-termist thinking. If the health service is smashed and nobody can do anything because the rate of infection is out of control then that ultimately destroys the economy. You have to see the big picture. How long will it be and how much evidence do we have to see before you will just pipe down and get with the program. This is all about the economy, for everybody, not just those of us who can work at home cosily ensconced in our comfortable homes.
- ketamine__ 6y agoIf lockdown edicts weren't in place people would be out spending money. So yes, the economy is fine with a high infection rate.
- rusk 6y agoYou’re a fool if you think that’s all it takes to sustain an economy.
- ketamine__ 6y agoI'm a fool if I think people spending money is all it takes to sustain an economy? Okay.
- rusk 6y agoYes. Is that what you think economics is? People buying stuff in shops?
- ketamine__ 6y agoI think a lot of people lost their jobs working at small businesses in the Covid-19 pandemic.
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