| John2290 said: I just thought it could be stretched some before it breaks, there isn't even any point of reporpusing other public buildings because their won't be the staff, this is global and there is no aid, stock or staff coming from anywhere outside your own nation. It's time to close the boarders everywhere and hope for the best with the current spread, maybe some countries will be able to contain and help when other countries are being overhelmed. These numbers plus the time needed for a critical patient and the speed of the infections is so fucked, the world is going to feel like a very different place in two months. Italy gambled and lost and had to implement quarantine so why isn't every other country getting ahead of the curve? |
Human nature. It won't happen to me, it won't be so bad, we're well prepared, it's all media hype, we're a first world country, the experts are on top of this, it's not as bad as the flu, the economy is more important, the other countries are just handling it wrong, etc.
We should be very grateful to all those brave people working in health care. I would be shitting bricks with this storm brewing over the horizon. There's no other way to put it than running straight into the fire. Hopefully they and their families protect themselves well enough not to get infected as well.
Latest update for Ontario, Canada:
TORONTO — This afternoon, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed another positive case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Ontario to 29. Of these, four cases in the province are all resolved, with each of those patients having two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart.
A female in her 40s returned from Colorado on March 2, 2020 and presented herself to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's emergency department in Toronto. The hospital took all necessary precautions and followed standard operating procedures, including testing and assessment. The patient was discharged home the same day where she remains in self-isolation. Toronto Public Health is actively engaged in contact tracing and case management.
As a result of the coordinated efforts of our health care and public health system, all individuals who have tested positive have been quickly assessed and isolated.
At this time, the virus is not circulating locally. However, given the global circumstances, Ontario is actively working with city and health partners to plan for the potential of local spread. The province continues to carefully monitor this situation and encourage residents to stay informed by regularly reviewing credible information sources.
I like how they put credible information sources in there. And perhaps self isolation is better than keeping positive patients in the hospital. But still it's March 8th now, she returned March 2nd, got it in Colorado before that date. It's not easy staying on top of it while leaving the borders open.
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