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Mariana

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12. And where are the personnel to care for the people going to come from?

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:52 PM

Jul 2020

You can't just toss a bunch of dying people into a building and leave them there. They need food, hydration, medications, and hygiene. Someone has to provide that for them. Those people will be at risk of infection, too.

There are NO good options here. Every choice is bad.

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A Texas hospital is so overrun with coronavirus cases that officials say it will send the patients [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP

Death panels. louis-t Jul 2020 #1

Won't that spread the virus more? Iliyah Jul 2020 #2

HOME ? magicarpet Jul 2020 #3

Quarantine them where? nt. Mariana Jul 2020 #4

Maybe the State of Texas or the federal gov could set up large military tents,... magicarpet Jul 2020 #10

The fed govt won't do anything for (mostly) brown folks :( moonscape Jul 2020 #11

And where are the personnel to care for the people going to come from? Mariana Jul 2020 #12

That will take too long for the patients Ilsa Jul 2020 #13

The Texas economy requires the sacrifice of human lives DBoon Jul 2020 #5

Why don't we start I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #6

China built a makeshift hospital in Wuhan. Two, in fact. elias7 Jul 2020 #7

When it initially hit in Washington State we converted two sports arenas into facilities Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #8

They want to thin the herd and impoverish the lower classes... DSandra Jul 2020 #15

The LG said that when it was New Yorkers dying. I wonder if it's different now. Squinch Jul 2020 #9

And someone tell me the Republicans are NOT monsters... DSandra Jul 2020 #14

Italy... lame54 Jul 2020 #16