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Are commenters here intentionally ignoring the point or just not bothering to read the article closely enough to get it? The first 24-48 hours of disaster reli
by uoaei 3y ago
Are commenters here intentionally ignoring the point or just not bothering to read the article closely enough to get it?
The first 24-48 hours of disaster relief invariably sees a need for a field hospital and temporary accommodations to be set up. Other NGOs will be flying in with more semi-permanent solutions (days, weeks, months) while the first responders are setting up. This product is for the first responders. If you can address a 1000-bed need immediately (injuries being expected to be distributed as a power law with few major injuries and many minor ones), then only need 100 beds after the several days these cardboard beds are likely to last, that buys the logistics people with the semi-permanent solutions enough time to come in and set something up more amenable even if those amenities take a bit longer to pack, ship, unpack, and install.
Water could be an issue, except plastic sheets pack even better than cardboard and are fully waterproof.
Bugs could be an issue, except by the time these beds have become infested better amenities will have already arrived.
And cardboard can be cut up and reused for quite a few things. Based on the attitudes of these commenters I'd wager they can't imagine the human ingenuity that becomes available in such dire situations.