Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?
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Sybertiger
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guykuo
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The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors
There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care.
www.theatlantic.com
Even in here in the Seattle general area, the total number of possible ICU beds is very limited. Of those, a half or more are already filled with critical patients. It is very easy to overwhelm the local medical system with a spike of a 100 critical patients. Blunting the peak with social distancing will help, but there are going to be flare-ups. Remember, the US medical system has been under economic assault for decades as cut-backs and cost savings were demanded on the care delivery side, while finance and business interests take the profits. Your US care providers have been long viewed as "costs" to be contained, not assets. Docs, nurses, techs, abused by the system are still held to perform perfectly each and every time. There is not a lot of reserve available in the system. Sobering fact... we're not far removed from Italy.
Sybertiger
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Looks like shit is hitting the fan now....awaiting confirmation that this is one of our homeowners in the back of the community....but it's looking like 99% certain it is. Can anyone spare me some TP? 
www.orlandosentinel.com
Florida coronavirus update: 16 new cases reported; Disney World and Universal Orlando to close
Sixteen new cases of coronavirus in Florida were reported by the Florida Department of Health on Thursday night, including a new case in Volusia County. Earlier Thursday, the first case in Seminole…
www.orlandosentinel.com
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Q™
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@Sybertiger , worst case scenario is to use a cup and water. This practice has been in use for thousands of years. If it still makes you uncomfortable, take a shower immediately after
Looks like shit is hitting the fan now....awaiting confirmation that this is one of our homeowners in the back of the community....but it's looking like 99% certain it's it. Can anyone spare me some TP?
Florida coronavirus update: 16 new cases reported; Disney World and Universal Orlando to close
Sixteen new cases of coronavirus in Florida were reported by the Florida Department of Health on Thursday night, including a new case in Volusia County. Earlier Thursday, the first case in Seminole…
Q™
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Crikey...they must think were fuQing stupid...who actually believes that the President of the United States of America has not been tested.
Q™
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Absolutely draconian yes...but a dictatorial communist state gets away with that stuff. Try that in America and -- IMO -- there's gonna be a lot of push-back...but the level of that push-back will depend in large part on how frightened John and Jane Q. Public are; frightened people will give up liberty.
Q™
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I just hope that making my avatar depicting COVID-19 doesn't make me positive for COVID-19.
Vedanta, the creator brother.
So should I make my avatar a roll of TP?I just hope that making my avatar depicting COVID-19 doesn't make me positive for COVID-19.
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I say go for it, at least you’re not wasting actual TP. LolSo should I make my avatar a roll of TP?
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Parley
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The reports I am seeing that this likely where the coronavirus started. In a Wuhan Seafood Wet Market. It was closed on January 1 by the Chinese government.
