Hi, August Abolins!
I read your message from 28.04.2020 16:31
In the hospital there are clean and dirty area. In the clean area
they can go without masks, eat, drink etc. I believe that was the
clean area. ;-)
I don't know if you've ever had to stay in a hospital, but
designated areas are just controlled by simple signs on a wall or a sticker on the floor. It doesn't stop anyone to compromise those expectations.
Our state TV constantly shows how an infectious diseases hospital works,
in every detail. At least in Russia, there is no chance to move freely
from the clean area to the dirty area.
When a person is first admitted, they are often just placed in a
large room that has separate bay areas that are only divided my
curtains. The "fresh" incoming person can end up staying in that
open area for several hours.
I've read what Ward wrote about his experience in hospital. In Russia
they also have not a quick admitting procedure, but the speed depends on
the stuff quantity. They also have common rooms for newcomers, where, I believe, there is a good chance to catch the virus or another lung
infection. They can't instantly separate people with usual
pneumonia/cold from people with covid19.
The ventalation system of hospitals are not isolated into
clean/dirty areas. The same air goes everywhere.
I believe it must not be so in infectious diseases hospitals. Suppose
they treat plague patients and they have the same ventilation system.
People going in for routine things like a cast, basic first aid, or
other seemingly benign things, can come out sicker with something
totally unrelated.
Yes, the medics often get ill, especially if they count on simple
medical masks as a mean of defence against the virus.
Bye, August!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2020
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