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> When you have virtually unlimited resources you can do almost anything you want. > Dunno how because it ain't my expertise at all, but there would be a way.

> When you have virtually unlimited resources you can do almost anything you want. > Dunno how because it ain't my expertise at all, but there would be a way. What makes you so sure?

spookthesunset 5y ago
I mean again I'm no expert but it seems to me that if all these people are supposed to do is treat exactly one illness, it would be possible to train a certain set of people on how to manage 80% of the workload and escalate the exceptions to somebody with more knowledge. It isn't like this staff has to treat anything else. Just an idea. Like I said, I'm no expert but the fact that absolutely nobody has attempted to figure it out is bullshit. They haven't even tried. They just keep throwing out excuse after excuse and blaming the public for their failures. They literally have almost unlimited resources. They could get shit figured out somehow.
- BirdieNZ 5y ago
  > They haven't even tried This doesn't really pass the sniff test. There are a LOT of different countries and states in the world, with a fairly wide variety of responses to Covid. I'm not aware of any country where they managed to magic up some hospitals fully staffed to handle Covid cases. If it didn't happen despite all the different societies that could have attempted it then it is far more likely that it was considered (and tried even!) and rejected as unworkable. In other words, you are certainly not the first person to think "what if we just had more hospital beds and staff and throw heaps of money at it to make it happen". The reason no country (that I know of) has done this is because it is impractical. The alternative is a grand conspiracy involving collusion in hundreds of countries and states and their leaders, including all the departments of health and the various officials, in democratic countries, communist countries, authoritarian countries and so on, some of whom are literally at war with each other.
  - davidw 5y ago
    When COVID first hit Italy, they started calling up retired doctors and also sending people in medical school into clinical support positions. And it just wasn't enough.

> When you have virtually unlimited resources you can do almost anything you want. > Dunno how because it ain't my expertise at all, but there would be a way. What makes you so sure?

spookthesunset 5y ago

I mean again I'm no expert but it seems to me that if all these people are supposed to do is treat exactly one illness, it would be possible to train a certain set of people on how to manage 80% of the workload and escalate the exceptions to somebody with more knowledge. It isn't like this staff has to treat anything else. Just an idea. Like I said, I'm no expert but the fact that absolutely nobody has attempted to figure it out is bullshit. They haven't even tried. They just keep throwing out excuse after excuse and blaming the public for their failures. They literally have almost unlimited resources. They could get shit figured out somehow.

BirdieNZ 5y ago
> They haven't even tried This doesn't really pass the sniff test. There are a LOT of different countries and states in the world, with a fairly wide variety of responses to Covid. I'm not aware of any country where they managed to magic up some hospitals fully staffed to handle Covid cases. If it didn't happen despite all the different societies that could have attempted it then it is far more likely that it was considered (and tried even!) and rejected as unworkable. In other words, you are certainly not the first person to think "what if we just had more hospital beds and staff and throw heaps of money at it to make it happen". The reason no country (that I know of) has done this is because it is impractical. The alternative is a grand conspiracy involving collusion in hundreds of countries and states and their leaders, including all the departments of health and the various officials, in democratic countries, communist countries, authoritarian countries and so on, some of whom are literally at war with each other.
- davidw 5y ago
  When COVID first hit Italy, they started calling up retired doctors and also sending people in medical school into clinical support positions. And it just wasn't enough.