A team exploited the coronavirus pandemic to set a new cannonball record

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...

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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.

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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.

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