Are you speaking as an educated scientist or medical professional saying this is a hoax or as a schmuck with no formal training saying this is a hoax. There is a big difference in credibility here. Let me know which one before I waste my time responding next time.ReserveTank wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:00 pmAs a matter of fact, I have medical professionals in my immediate family and friends circle. It's a hoax, it's rubbish. We are seeing hospitals closing or reducing capacity for no reason. Remember the giant military hospital installation that received zero COVID patients so they packed it up and left? I have a friend in California that saw all of 2 genuine COVID patients since March. They were forced to work with reduced resources and increased overtime for months for no reason. Another one of my close friends works in a hospital in NY state. Zero cases and it was one of the "Tik Tok" hospitals.flyguy73 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:09 amYou been to a hospital lately or are you too scared? I work in one every day and I've seen the amount of preparation necessary to manage this pandemic. As a hospital, it is our responsibility to be prepared for the worse. This means diverting resources to deal with a possible influx of patients. Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington went so far as to build an entire building to house patients during the pandemic. Thankfully it wasn't used but do you think they can sit back and wait until they get overwhelmed? You think that they can reschedule brain surgeries on a whim when the COVID patients don't show up today? Do you think they should dismantle the temporary COVID wards or buildings because they went unused over the summer? If so, then maybe you should be in charge of your own hospital.ReserveTank wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:33 am
At least that's what you're being told, and that was the answer that you accepted without doubt.
People went out in the spring to film hospitals only to find them empty during the "COVID hospital bed shortage." Of course, MSM doesn't report that--It's a conspiracy theory. But it is on video. It's out there if you want to know.
Remember all of the bored nurses at hundreds of hospitals doing their Tik Tok dance routines?
To even suggest this as a conspiracy theory is utterly ridiculous. But if you believe this, then OK. It really is disheartening to think that this attitude exists on a forum made up so by so many pilots and aviation workers who have lost their jobs due to this "conspiracy".
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/85171231 ... 9-patients
You're using the scary but baseless language from the media:That type of language and behaviour leads to this: The mayor of Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine had 600 graves dug and 2000 body bags ordered for COVID patients in the spring. So scary. We're all going to die lol.
- "Preparation"
"Possible influx"
"Diverting resources"
https://www.barrons.com/news/ukrainian- ... 1586254804
Sure, testing will drive the numbers. But in Africa, scientists tested fruit and livestock, which tested positive for COVID.
All in all, it's a cold and you know it. The world has forgotten about the flu, obesity, diabetes, and stroke. The fearmongering is tiresome and harmful to society.
That type of language doesn't lead to over reaction. Not understanding the problem leads to over reaction. Understanding the problem means you plan for it accordingly. When that article was written (early April), Dnipropetrovsk had 0 deaths. They now have 560 deaths. Seems like good planning, no? Not sure what your point here was.
I wouldn't pin my hat to lab results from a lab in Tanzania (https://globalnews.ca/news/6910821/coro ... -tanzania/). No offense to them, but they probably have different standards then Canadian labs.
Colds don't kill 3% of people who get them. COVID-19 does. 300,000 confirmed cases in Canada. 10,000 dead. The flu kills less than 0.1%. It's not a cold and you know it. And if you don't know it by now, you haven't been following along.