COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")

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Military?
What's the army's role here?

Shock and awe?

[mu03eng]

Shock and awe?

MOABs to NYC and Seattle?

[Coleman]

Military?
What's the army's role here?

Supply doctors
Construct field hospitals for overcrowding
Operate testing sites

[Pakuni]

Supply doctors
Construct field hospitals for overcrowding
Operate testing sites

Some of this already is occurring, and some is barred by law.
Not sure about constructing field hospitals.  Why would troops do that more effectively and efficiently than private sector firms?

[Chili]

Some of this already is occurring, and some is barred by law.
Not sure about constructing field hospitals.  Why would troops do that more effectively and efficiently than private sector firms?

This is what the national guard does.

[Jockey]

Corp of Engineers

Army hospital ships

[Hards Alumni]

Supply doctors
Construct field hospitals for overcrowding
Operate testing sites

Empty dorms make great makeshift hospitals

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Empty dorms make great makeshift hospitals

Except, right or wrong, I would imagine that would make many families extremely anxious about returning their children to the dorms afterwards.

[Hards Alumni]

Except, right or wrong, I would imagine that would make many families extremely anxious about returning their children to the dorms afterwards.

I mean, they'll be hospitals so when they're done, the cleaning will be better than anything a cleaning service does in the summer.

Plus even if nothing is done, the virus can't live long enough to be problematic.  Hope we don't have to use them for more than a week or two.

[Pakuni]

Empty dorms make great makeshift hospitals

I'd be surprised if a typical dorm room has the technological infrastructure to handle necessary medical equipment or the physical structure needed to safely quarantine patients.

[The Sultan]

Empty dorms make great makeshift hospitals

Lack of your own bathroom makes that a non starter for most of them.

[reinko]

Lack of your own bathroom makes that a non starter for most of them.

Imagine some hotels could be looking for some business

[The Sultan]

Imagine some hotels could be looking for some business

That has been brought up in New York.

[Coleman]

Lack of your own bathroom makes that a non starter for most of them.

A fair number of them have that though. Just at MU....Straz, Mashuda, Carpenter, Abbottsford

[forgetful]

Italy with almost 6k new cases today. Either they have increased testing, or people aren't following orders.

Possibly worst case, it is spreading through ventilation, so the quarantine isn't helping.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Italy with almost 6k new cases today. Either they have increased testing, or people aren't following orders.

Possibly worst case, it is spreading through ventilation, so the quarantine isn't helping.

The numbers in the pinned chart haven't changed for France, where based on the public's poo-pooing of the virus and refusing to self-quarantine, I would expect to follow a similar pattern to Italy.

[GooooMarquette]

Italy with almost 6k new cases today. Either they have increased testing, or people aren't following orders.

Possibly worst case, it is spreading through ventilation, so the quarantine isn't helping.

An American living in Rome was on CNN last night. She said that, despite orders to stay at home except for emergencies, it looks nearly like business as usual there. She even said the subway was still running. Sounds like Italians don't take kindly to people telling them what to do.

IMHO - one of the reasons for more successful containment in Asia than Europe is that Asians respect (or perhaps fear) authority, while Europeans don't. The US seems to be somewhere in the middle, with a lean toward the European attitude.

[forgetful]

The numbers in the pinned chart haven't changed for France, where based on the public's poo-pooing of the virus and refusing to self-quarantine, I would expect to follow a similar pattern to Italy.

About 1600 new cases in France today. Who knows about testing though. Based on the number of deaths, and serious/critical patients though, it would appear they have a ton of missed cases.

[Hards Alumni]

Lack of your own bathroom makes that a non starter for most of them.

When people on quarantine and under observation, they can use communal bathrooms.  If everyone is sick, no one is sick!

Also, when the people start piling up in hallways hospitals will look for open places... even better if they are publicly owned.

[GooooMarquette]

I thought this might be of interest, given the persistent lack of testing capabilities for covid-19.

Here in Rochester, Mayo Clinic has ramped up its testing capabilities to about 4,000 specimens/day, and currently operated two drive-through collection sites. To move a step further, it is partnering with our local public health office and a smaller medical facility in town (Olmsted Medical Center) to pilot a "large-scale" collection facility at our county fairgrounds. The article below doesn't specify what they mean by "large-scale," but hopefully supply will finally begin to catch up with demand...at least around here.

https://www.medcitybeat.com/news-blog/2020/county-omc-mayo-clinic-joint-testing-site

[Hards Alumni]

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UPDATE: Madagascar reports first 3 cases of coronavirus

Game over, man!

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Empty dorms make great makeshift hospitals

This will help recruiting.

[Jockey]

I thought this might be of interest, given the persistent lack of testing capabilities for covid-19.

Here in Rochester, Mayo Clinic has ramped up its testing capabilities to about 4,000 specimens/day, and currently operated two drive-through collection sites. To move a step further, it is partnering with our local public health office and a smaller medical facility in town (Olmsted Medical Center) to pilot a "large-scale" collection facility at our county fairgrounds. The article below doesn't specify what they mean by "large-scale," but hopefully supply will finally begin to catch up with demand...at least around here.

https://www.medcitybeat.com/news-blog/2020/county-omc-mayo-clinic-joint-testing-site

Great that they are testing that many. Do they also have enough labs to process that many tests?

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Great that they are testing that many. Do they also have enough labs to process that many tests?

The answer is in the link.

[GooooMarquette]

Great that they are testing that many. Do they also have enough labs to process that many tests?

They can currently test 4,000/day, and are working on increasing capacity further.