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Re:A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new ca... by uxp100 on Saturday April 11, 2020 @05:05PM (#22844238)
but that is all true with or without coronavirus
Re:A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new ca... by perl4ever on Saturday April 11, 2020 @05:42PM (#22844480)
The societal issue with the epidemic appears to be the capacity of the healthcare system, so being "responsible" means, to many people, taking no "unnecessary" risks. Quotes to indicate that people can define these terms in different ways. But some things kind of stand out as egregious.

And even if you just break down and have to call for assistance, you're requiring other people to take risk as a result of your non-essential activities, which can be viewed as antisocial right now.

Re:A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new ca... by s1artibartfast on Saturday April 11, 2020 @06:26PM (#22844701)
My understanding is that aside from ventilators and ICUs In a few specific locations, Hospitals have record low utilization right now and are even furloughing workers

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/49-hospitals-f...

Re:A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new ca... by perl4ever on Saturday April 11, 2020 @10:18PM (#22845618)
I don't understand your point.

Your link says people who work on elective procedures, which are largely being prohibited, are being furloughed. Common sense says this wouldn't happen if they were interchangeable with people dealing with COVID-19 or non-elective procedures in general.

Quote: "You can't take a pharmacist and put them in radiology. And you can’t take a radiologist and put them in pharmacy"

But if they were furloughed just because the people in authority are complete idiots or engaging in some sort of vast conspiracy or dysfunction, it would still be the case that they're not available to treat auto accident victims.

Either way, there are limited resources as a consequence of the crisis, and it's antisocial to not take reasonable efforts to avoid burdening them right now.

Re:A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new ca... by s1artibartfast on Sunday April 12, 2020 @02:38PM (#22850158)
My point was that outside of perhaps NY, hospitals are not overburdened and still able to treat auto accidents.

I am not claiming conspiracy or dysfunction.

I don't think it is any more "antisocial" to do a cannonball run today than it was this time last year.