It’s pretty tough when spraying…specially when your body is in overdrive. A good quality mask will allow you to operate at about 80 percent level for period of time. But even then you start feeling the effect of…a how would I call it? Lack of oxygen, air?
That and trying not to trip over the paint hose. 
How many of the 450 did the hospital save. Not how many survived. How many saved?
I know, I’ve spent some time in MOPP.
Agreed. But at Evergreen hospital it did overflowed IC unit when they started sending them to Overlake.
Any different than any other mass casualty event?
Not sure.
Sorry Sneaky, I am not having a conversation that is seeking to minimize the absolute horror I just lived through.
Nothing personal, but I am done with this part of the conversation. With all due respect.
You want to see a hospital collapse, get a mass casualty fire.
I understand. Thank you.
then educate him. Like I said about Evergreen. There IC unit filled up fast and they had to start sending patients to other hospitals.
Yes…I do believe flatting the curve helped to prevent farther deaths. It’s was my reason to basically quarantine myself before the state asked me too. But again that was on recommendation from family member.
Yes, I understand. They have ability to send patients to surrounding hospitals as they did out here. But if surrounding hospitals are also maxed out, what happens then?
I read your accounts on this and sympathized with what you guys were going through. Did your family members all do well? I hope so.
Maybe because it hasn’t spread elsewhere to the same degree yet?
There’s a lot of talk about our (the US) having flattened the curve. That’s only partially true. It’s NY and NJ that have flattened the curve, other places are still on the rise.
No. If he’s not comfortable participating, that’s his choice. He’s been through a lot, let’s respect his feelings.
Triage.
She got through first phase without hitch. Then got sick and finally tested. That came back as negative. Our guess it was fatigue sine she was doing 14 hours in the bubble. Then rotated out of bubble. Then back in again and finally she got infected and tested positive.
What really pissed us off…well me is when they tested all those NBA players while we were waiting for my niece to get tested. What the ■■■■ was that all about?
Could be. Could be something else.
National Basketball ■■■■■ ?
It was media driven.
I’m curious about the effectiveness of testing. We keep hearing “we need testing”. Testing is only a snapshot of a person at the moment they are tested. Unless the results are immediate, the tested person may very well continue life as normal. A person who is tested after showing symptoms will (hopefully) begin self quarantining while results are pending. It seems easier and cheaper to assume you have it if you have symptoms.
A person without symptoms likely won’t be tested to begin with, and if they do get tested, they will continue with their routine UNTIL they get the results. How many could they possibly infect while waiting for results?
With no consensus on effective treatment, what besides quarantining is recommended for those testing positive?
As I said, testing is a momentary snapshot. Even an immediate negative result could result in the just tested and confident person being infected 5 minutes after their test.
Seems this is just something being done to look like something is being done, rather than nothing…
Ha…had to look that word up.
But again we’re not talking about single event that unfolds for day or two but over weeks and months that takes a toll on medical staff. Again I’m just speculating here. Just like experts been doing.
