- Joined
- Apr 18, 2019
ok guys, guys, hold on.Goddammit. And I'd been saving all my bottle caps, too.
Well, they know now. Mind you, I was already contacting people weeks and weeks ago with this same stuff, before our doctors even knew for certain that COVID-19 could do all of these things, and one by one, their anecdotal reports are matching what I've said almost exactly.
A lot of our front-line doctors were completely blindsided by this thing. They laughed it off until it was right upon them, and then they realized, holy shit, this isn't the flu, and there are young people getting hemorrhagic changes in their lungs and coughing up pink froth.
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A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients — ProPublica
“It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.”www.propublica.org
Oh, and COVID-19 is also turning our docs into Vietnam vets with thousand-yard stares, if it isn't infecting and killing them:
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Treating coronavirus takes serious toll on health-care workers’ mental health, study finds
A study of health care workers in China found that approximately 50% of participants experienced depressive symptoms, 45% experienced anxiety, 34% experienced insomnia, and 72% experienced distress.www.inquirer.com
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Over 100 Employees at Boston-Area Hospitals Test Positive for Coronavirus
Two Boston hospitals each reported that more than 40 employees have tested positive for the new coronavirus Wednesday, though one cautioned that most may not have contracted it at work.www.nbcboston.com
While everyone else was going "haha doomers btfo", I was compiling lists of PPE and gear and stuff that would be necessary for our healthcare workers to survive this virus, and I was trying to contact doctors and nurses on Facebook and warn them that they needed fucking PAPR hoods, like some real Hot Zone shit, if they wanted to avoid getting sick.
You know what? None of it mattered. The necessary PPE doesn't actually exist in the required numbers. These poor fuckers don't have P100s, CBRN respirators, and/or PAPR hoods. They're gonna be stuck with surgical masks when the N95s run out.
Drain. You are right. YOU ARE SO RIGHT. Thank you for telling us. Only through your efforts has it been made clear how fucked we are. There's no way we're properly equipped to handle this and because of the LIES so many more people will DIE.
So now what?