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I guess the things that come to mind are packed bars locally for St Patrick’s Day and the news coverage of Spring Break. If there is that much blatant disregard for it is what we are doing still going to work? I hope so, but definitely some knuckleheads out there.
Plus, imagine how much more economic activity could be generated to benefit those at the top of the economic spectrum the most, by just losing some pesky little lives during a storm sent by mother nature. Gods will or something something. Right?
The general trend nationwide is for hospitals to shut down, or be purchased by larger health care systems. Given our aging population, relatively low number of providers and hospital beds per 100K population, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Meanwhile, scores of hospital admin making big $$S are hired, and clinicians are relegated to cogs in a management-bloated medical machine.
Perhaps if I had the supplies and patience to do so in the amounts needed.
Did you even read this? Or see the headline and roll with it? It was some weekly webinar about alternative options if worst comes to worst. We have masks here in Tennessee. I know that first hand.
We will never do this.
The issue as I see it, is it only takes a relatively small number of knuckleheads to screw up the entire plan. It's almost like saying the balloon is nearly impenetrable, only a few little pin ##### holes in just a few areas!
So much this.
If nothing else take a look at how to do it, its easier than you think and i guarantee you have the stuff and would be worth knowing if you get in a bind for like a day or two supply.
I hope that's true. I'll wait to hear it from the HCW in that hospital before I believe it. I know Cuomo has seemingly done a great job, but I'm not going to trust any politician's claims until it's corroborated by the people in the trenches.
My point is... we're not using diapers and goggles. Which is the premise of the headline. You're right. We should strive for better than NY Post.
Insane that this was happening. Things are bad here in Michigan but I am really hoping we beat the curve on this as our bars were shutdown before St Pats Day even arrived. It would be interesting to see a map of when restrictions went into place.
Given how many people could have left NYC to live this crisis out "elsewhere where in the country", it is very possible that NYC hospitals won't be impacted as much as Italy's were (and still are). So the numbers she is seeing could be very true.
Yep. There seems to be a big divide right now between what the docs and nurses in the NYC trenches are saying and what the “leaders” are saying.
That's exactly right. It's human nature. The negative stuff is what gets the attention. "Plane lands successfully" is not a story. There's good reason to pay more attention to danger than good as it's a survival thing. But it's also easy to not get a clear picture.
He's a horrible person. Can I say what I really think here? I saw right thru his BS fake attempted crying on TV and knew exactly what he was up to.
True.
Not just NYC trenches, unfortunately. I live in an area that has not been hard hit (yet) and supplies are already quite low here. Practically everything disposable is on back order. Anything, disposable or reusable, that has to do with respiratory protection is nearly impossible to obtain.
This will eventually happen. The United States is blessed with many smart people, competent institutions, huge amounts of resources and an impressive work ethic. This will, however, happen bottom up this time and take longer. The national level unification that took place during WWII is just not on the table as an option right now.beer 30 said:
Did you see where Peyton Manning crashed a UT online course?Joe Bryant said:
Perhaps I was not clear enough (and appreciate the insight, as I don't have any "direct" or one degree removed info)... when China makes a government directive, people listen. It's not optional. It's not a declaration that is ignored, and/or not enforced.Ben Hur said:
Yes, their lockdown was very strategic due to the fact that their testing was comprehensive. It was primarily Hubei that had the severe lockdown restrictions.
I can't speak to the Daily Mail, but the Post has ALWAYS been "flexible" with what constitutes news, the truth, or objectivity. For one, they are a platform that has historically conflated NEWSpaper with tabloid (they are even called a tabloid in NY... along with the Daily News, which imo is not nearly as egregious, but still sometimes veers... in all transparency, the Post is the "Right Leaning/Conservative" and Daily News the "Left Leaning/Liberal" tabloid/rag as they are referred to back home). They are also a Murdoch outlet, for what that's worth.
Sports in the Post and NY Daily news are great sections for covering NY sports. Those are legitimate news when it comes to Sports.
Sorry GBprosopis said:
My comment isn't directed at you Spock, just in general.Politician Spock said:
personally from my experience I'm seeing what Joe sees - the majority of people are taking it seriously and trying to do this social distancing thing right. But there's still plenty of idiots out there and the media's gonna focus on showing us those people instead, because covering folks who are good citizens and comply with the government orders is boring and doesn't attract viewers.GoBirds said:
We don't have the political will, nor the central expertise necessary to execute this. Few are willing to sacrifice now like people sacrificed in WWII.beer 30 said:
I know it's a cliche but there is truth in the saying "we are only as strong as our weakest link". Given essential workers have to keep us alive, there is going to be a certain amount of virus spread. It's unavoidable. The hope is that amount of virus spread necessary to keep essential workers working will keep the curve below the line that exceeds our hospital capacity. It won't take much activity at all from the non-essential group to push us over the line. Even if the vast majority of non-essential people are doing it right, it could be all for not because of our weak links.
not sure I understand - showing people doing the right thing is unnecessary and undermining the need?
