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needledriver

(836 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:34 PM Mar 2020

Ventilator triage suggestion

People to put at the bottom of the list for ventilators:
Spring breakers
Hobby Lobby shoppers
Easter Sunday churchgoers
People who still go out in public while waiting for their test results
Anybody brought into the hospital wearing a MAGA/KAG cap

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Ventilator triage suggestion (Original Post) needledriver Mar 2020 OP
Or maybe ventilators could be sent across the country as each state applegrove Mar 2020 #1
The problem is severe cases can spend more than needledriver Mar 2020 #2
That is right. So people need to stockpile for two months. You are correct. nt applegrove Mar 2020 #4
Voter registration is public record. enki23 Mar 2020 #3
I get that. needledriver Mar 2020 #6
Yup! StarryNite Mar 2020 #5

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
1. Or maybe ventilators could be sent across the country as each state
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:39 PM
Mar 2020

hits peak COVID-19. RIGHT NOW the stockpiles would go to New York. In 4 weeks they might go to Louisianna. Like that.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
2. The problem is severe cases can spend more than
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:45 PM
Mar 2020

four weeks hooked to a ventilator.

If State X lends its spare ventilators to State Y, and State Y is still using them when State X is slammed, State X is going to suffer.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
6. I get that.
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:08 PM
Mar 2020

But I have some valued friends who are still registered Republicans even though they never went full MAGAT.

There is such a thing as a sane Republican, but it's hard to hear them through all the noise.

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