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DENVERPOPS

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25. But, my brother is a Dr.

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:40 PM

Mar 2020

yea right, a PHD in EE..........

The only way he will ever say anything bad is if he can use it to postpone the Presidential election.
And it may take four years! Then of course we would get Ivanka from then on.......

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+++ Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #1

Gee... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #2

Well, a wartime economy requires some command and control... Ghost Dog Mar 2020 #3

...and command and control is contingent on competence. n/t slumcamper Mar 2020 #11

Ah, Newest Reality Mar 2020 #15

Those stockpiles are for the 1% YOHABLO Mar 2020 #21

Oh, Newest Reality Mar 2020 #23

Ventec, an innovative US outfit, makes portable ventilators: Ghost Dog Mar 2020 #42

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It's not just the old...... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #4

This is fucking scary.... BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #8

Yes. ooky Mar 2020 #31

That was not correct reporting Meowmee Mar 2020 #34

Amazing that a dog has access to the test. cwydro Mar 2020 #39

Probably they were scared pets can get the virus too and transmit it Meowmee Mar 2020 #53

Both articles say the same thing. ooky Mar 2020 #40

Whoever posted this suggested a dog had tested positive and had the virus Meowmee Mar 2020 #48

Nothing was "suggested". The linked article states the dog ooky Mar 2020 #50

There was a post I think our dogs etc will be getting it next, you then stated a dog tested positive Meowmee Mar 2020 #54

Which was correct, since the dog tested positively, and linked it. ooky Mar 2020 #56

+1,000+++++ CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #52

And here we have a clueless numbnut at the helm C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #5

This is really bad news. The strain on the system bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #6

I saw a horrifying policy they are considering earlier, dewsgirl Mar 2020 #7

What possible policy/rumor are you referring to? liberalla Mar 2020 #44

It involved age limits and the elderly in the ICU in Italy. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #45

As in choosing who might receive care and who might not... is my guess liberalla Mar 2020 #46

I have followed this virus through all sorts of scary twists dewsgirl Mar 2020 #47

They had to do that during Hurricane Katrina Horse with no Name Mar 2020 #49

I didn't know that, at the time we donated, but I was young dewsgirl Mar 2020 #51

I don't think people understand that it devastates providers Horse with no Name Mar 2020 #55

*GD, I WANT TO X- POST THIS IN 'HEALTH' IF OK appalachiablue Mar 2020 #9

Sure. That would be useful, thanks. Nt Ghost Dog Mar 2020 #12

Got it, TY! appalachiablue Mar 2020 #13

Question: In a competitive healthcare market (let's say a small city with 2-3 competing hospitals)-- slumcamper Mar 2020 #10

It might be better for the profitability of a hospital to refuse to treat COVID-19 patients. tclambert Mar 2020 #19

There are laws that require hospitals to stabilize patients regardless of ability to pay. Hoyt Mar 2020 #29

I believe the rule is that if they accept Medicare payments, they must accept all comers. But they PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #32

If a patient is in respiratory distress, it's difficult to discharge them home. And, if Hoyt Mar 2020 #33

Oh, you'd be surprised. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #35

They'll discharge, If they are willing to pay the EMTALA penalties and any civil awards. Hoyt Mar 2020 #36

It's a very relevant question bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #22

very frightening bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #16

the virus is much worse than initially thought AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #17

But dear leader has a "gut feeling" that the fatality rate is really very low. tclambert Mar 2020 #20

But, my brother is a Dr. DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #25

worse yet - Pence, who engineered hiv epidemic in rural indiana AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #26

Of course they did. They always under report bad news and SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #38

A friend in Paris heard from a friend of his who was there, but forbidden from sending reports DFW Mar 2020 #43

Jesus. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #18

Don't worry! Grokenstein Mar 2020 #24

" 'Get ready':" mitch96 Mar 2020 #27

The homeless, too. Newest Reality Mar 2020 #30

California is going to be pandemic central when this finally blows up ansible Mar 2020 #41

These fuckers in America first go it alone Trump WH SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #37