#COVID19MALAYSIA: Read & learn from #Italy's tragedy: "Don’t do what we did
Many of us were too selfish to follow suggestions to change our behavior. Now we’re in lockdown and people are needlessly dying." Thread
bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/opi… via @BostonGlobe
Many of us were too selfish to follow suggestions to change our behavior. Now we’re in lockdown and people are needlessly dying." Thread
bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/opi… via @BostonGlobe
#COVID19MALAYSIA: Lessons from #Italy
"Until last week, the #Italian public health care system had the capacity to care for everyone. But in a matter of days, the system was being felled by a virus that I, and many other Italians, had failed to take seriously."
"Until last week, the #Italian public health care system had the capacity to care for everyone. But in a matter of days, the system was being felled by a virus that I, and many other Italians, had failed to take seriously."
#COVID19MALAYSIA: Lessons from #Italy tragedy
"The most immediate threat of #Covid19 was the hospital system becoming overwhelmed, the MOST PRESSING NEED was to avoid too many people getting sick at the same time, as resources are limited. (it's called flattening the curve)
"The most immediate threat of #Covid19 was the hospital system becoming overwhelmed, the MOST PRESSING NEED was to avoid too many people getting sick at the same time, as resources are limited. (it's called flattening the curve)
#COVID19MALAYSIA: Lessons from #Italy tragedy. Overwhelmed hospitals forcing doctors to decide who lives & who doesn't
- How do we decide who gets an ICU bed...?
- Is it right to save a middle-aged doctor who will save more lives if he survives vs a younger unemployed person?
- How do we decide who gets an ICU bed...?
- Is it right to save a middle-aged doctor who will save more lives if he survives vs a younger unemployed person?
