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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
preparing is a specific word in a hospital. That the public doesn’t receive the same way.
It’s breaking news that the Trump admin is preparing for this to last 18-24 months. That doesn’t mean they are expecting it to last 18-24 months, just preparing, just in case.
Hospitals should be preparing and acting like they are going to be at capacity. It’s no longer some hypothetical drills. It’s break glass time.
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I don't want to harp on it, yet it's kind of important in this thread to put some context behind statements. You said "KC is preparing to be out of ICU beds with everyone on a vent by the weekend." ...and if not for the ICU beds part needing context (they're already full capacity, etc.), "with everyone on a vent" makes it sound 10 times worse.
Just like yesterday... Treasury guy didn't say "20% unemployment soon", he said that's the worst case scenario that they mapped out if there was no government intervention.
There's people in this thread freaking out for various reasons, and it's one thing to
theorize shit getting bad, and something very different and worse to report news and give updates that either sound far worse due to lack of context or are incorrect.