22/n Also, how in the world did one relatively modest-sized hospital have 8 fully-dedicated COVID-19 wards open in Barcelona, at a time when Spain itself only had a handful of COVID-19 cases? Any Barcelonian followers who can elaborate?
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Replying to @GidMK
Not such a small hospital. Hospital del Mar is the main hospital for several districts in the old city, providing health services to a total of 300,000 people. April-May 2020 was peak pandemic period in Spain. Dexamethasone for severe COVID has been used in Spain since February
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Replying to @BCNThomson
According to Google and the study it has 400 beds, so I think that makes it 4-5th biggest in Barcelona? Big, but did it really have 8 dedicated COVID-19 wards on March 1st?
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Replying to @BCNThomson
I'd love to, it's been ages since I made it to Barcelona. Do you work there? I'm honestly confused, it would be really good to speak to someone from the hospital
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Replying to @GidMK
I live and work here. I am a researcher working in cancer and, since last year, COVID. I know phyiscians and researchers at all major hospitals in Barcelona. I thought your critique of the paper was kind of ok until you turned conspiranoic. You have put me totally off. Terrible
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Replying to @BCNThomson
I'm just really confused about all of this. Were there really full COVID-19 wards at the very start of March in Barcelona? When there were 3 confirmed cases in the city and the hospital's only announcement was about dementia research?
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Replying to @GidMK
The study is from March through May. You should have been here in April-May. IMO, the problem rests upon you. Your suspicions and "doubts" begin to smack of good old white British arrogance, supremacy and dismissal of poorish Spain. Bye.
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Eh? Spain has excellent healthcare, I'm just confused how the study could have been done as reported. It could be a very simple explanation (i.e. they got the dates wrong in the report)
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