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Mar 21, 2020
7:05:02pm

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Here's an actual discussion with an Italian friend of mine: "I can't believe they left that guy lying there in the

waiting room on the gurney for seven hours. He threw up twice all over the floor and no one ever came to clean it up. The whole time I was there. Seven hours. The stench was terrible."

"Yeah, but it's free."

"But a hospital should have better standards of care and of cleanliness."

"Yeah, but it's free."

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So about a tenth of a percent of Italy's pop has Covi-19 and it overwhelms

LaserCoug

3/21/20 5:25pm

I do know that quite a few of the people were dying in their home

CSoul

3/21/20 5:28pm

Another point my friend made is about Western CIV in general

OU Cougar

3/21/20 5:29pm

The Church voluntarily suspended services.

SandYFan

3/21/20 5:31pm

No one took away our freedom to worship.

RalphWiggam

3/21/20 5:33pm

Well, if your religion said only the one local minister could provide the sacram

oldrugger

3/21/20 6:13pm

I’m glad the Constitution is not a death pact

SJS

3/21/20 5:38pm

Citizenship has rights and duties. Sometimes the duty is to not be stupid.

3/21/20 6:08pm

Health infrastructure is generally built along tight margins

SJS

3/21/20 5:37pm

The health care in Northern Italy is supposedly world class. Having said that...

ReyOso

3/21/20 5:39pm

There are several on here who have experienced Italian health care. It's terrible.

No touching

3/21/20 6:13pm

*Northern* Italy. Some of the country is 3rd world, and other parts very modern.

ReyOso

3/21/20 6:32pm

It's worse in the south, but it's all terrible.

No touching

3/21/20 6:40pm

World class defined by the WHO?

kotacoug

3/21/20 6:24pm

If all have access to class C healthcare = WORLD-CLASS!! The socialism bias.

Muscle IQ

3/21/20 6:49pm

Here's an actual discussion with an Italian friend of mine: "I can't believe they left that guy lying there in the

No touching

3/21/20 7:05pm

How many hospital beds are there in your community? It is pretty easy to

mudpupper

3/21/20 5:41pm

9 Ventilators. Hospital serves about 60,000 people in area.

Jonahsdad

3/21/20 7:16pm

10% of a population is a LOT of people. No county's HC system has capacity for 10% of everyone getting CV.

SingleStrapBackpack

3/21/20 6:12pm

Not ten percent. One tenth of one percent.

No touching

3/21/20 6:14pm

Haha, well. I think the reading comp part of the SAT was where I struggled the most 😉

SingleStrapBackpack

3/21/20 6:18pm

My community of roughly 80k has 20 ventilators.

Taysom 4 Heisman

3/21/20 6:16pm

for every 100k residents, how many ventilators *should* be on hand?

flyzag

3/21/20 6:34pm

Do you expect hospitals to have massive buildings

BYU '80

3/21/20 7:06pm

The Mayor of New York thinks that all the VA hospitals have thousands of empty

califcougar

3/21/20 8:31pm

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