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Re:The hard part of the economics of Covid-19 by mgreenleaf on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:11PM (#22598609)
The UK is planning to re-train other medical staff to deal with respiratory illness. I think that probably includes things like psychologists, etc. who have medical experience and can quickly be brought up to speed. Might be something like that.
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Re:The hard part of the economics of Covid-19 by seemslegit on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:15PM (#22598654)
> "I think that probably includes things like psychologists, etc. who have medical experience and can quickly be brought up to speed. Might be something like that.

Uh, psychologists have zero medical training or experience - maybe they could explain the patients their respiratory failure is a symptom of insecure attachment patterns.

If you mean psychiatrists, there aren't that many of them to move the needle.

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Re:The hard part of the economics of Covid-19 by harvey9 on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:27PM (#22598783)
No need to be harsh. What is moving the needle is postponing elective surgery. There are a lot of anaesthetists and they are medics who can manage patients on ventilators.
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