I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU

Re:I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU by redis_mlc on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @03:10AM (#22863418)

It's well-known that corona viruses wipe out ICU staff, so there's really nothing to hide.

It was reported with SARS-1 (2002/2003) in Toronto and S. Korea, and probably China.

IIRC, with SARS-2, it was a major concern in Italian and US hospitals.

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Re:I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU by robocat on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @03:24AM (#22863487)

The most interesting parts of the article to me were:

1. They had enough PPE (quite possible - the first place hit should have plenty available)

2. No staff caught the virus (this seems unlikely - even with perfect protection at work, some should have caught it at home?)

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Re:I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU by redis_mlc on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @05:08AM (#22863984)

If you read the article carefully and look at the pictures, they had issues. One picture shows a doctor wearing plastic shopping bags over their shoes.

Also, the previous staff did get ill, partly because of changing in the dark in a small room. The current staff fixed the lighting and added mirrors.

Contamination from dressing and undressing scrubs was also a problem in Toronto hospitals with SARS-1.

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Re:I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU by Gibbon1 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @03:34AM (#22863529)

One of the things I read was the Chinese isolated doctors and nurses working with COVID19 patients.

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