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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by logifail on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:47PM (#28077867)
> Why have all the field hospitals been destroyed as fast as they were put up?

Take your pick from:

a) They were a bit of a PR gimmick? Better for gov't to be seen to do _something_ than standing around wringing your hands and hoping things will improve...?

b) They couldn't be staffed and equipped to provide appropriate and useful additional care?

c) General hospitals were perhaps not quite as close to being overwhelmed as was reported?

There were stories that German hospitals may have been slightly economical with the truth in terms of obtaining additional funding for ICU beds, which perhaps weren't needed or even ever created[0]

[0] https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/corona-hilfen-schummelei-1-3...

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by mrhands69 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:53PM (#28077933)
I think the argument is a fallacy in general. For people that keep making this argument: Stop beating around the bush and just come out and say you want zero covid at all costs.
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