I have a question about N95 respirators I was hoping someone could answer for me [1/2]: If, as I've read, nearly all medical facilities don't have sufficient stockpiles of N95's, what exactly were they planning to do if there was an actual catastrophic event?
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So this is _exactly_ the scenario you would plan for - it's no the "worst case" for needing N95's, it's the only case?
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E.g. my sister worked in a hospital in Toronto affected by the sars outbreak there 15iah yrs ago. That was a case where several hospitals needed them - not ALL the hospitals across the province, as it was contained w/in a single metro area.
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No they don't all look like this. SARS, H1N1, et , had different fatality/contagion/transmissability/etc. This one is something of a perfect storm for worldwide spread. Combine that with acute cases needing 7-10 days on ventilator,and it's a worst-case scenario.
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Ventilators are a separate issue which is more understandable, because you can't know that's the thing you would need infinity of. I agree that end of it is a worst-case scenario.
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The last one "like this" was over 100yrs ago. That's a long time for a worst case scenario to be planned for.
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