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| | ::You said "There are 1 million hospital beds in the United States" - there ought to be double that. Certificate of Need creates an artificial scarcity. The sad fact is that socialized medicine is already failing America. [[User:Progressingamerica|Progressingamerica]] ([[User talk:Progressingamerica|talk]]) 19:13, 6 April 2020 (EDT) | | ::You said "There are 1 million hospital beds in the United States" - there ought to be double that. Certificate of Need creates an artificial scarcity. The sad fact is that socialized medicine is already failing America. [[User:Progressingamerica|Progressingamerica]] ([[User talk:Progressingamerica|talk]]) 19:13, 6 April 2020 (EDT) |
| | :::It doesn't matter what the source of fake news is. You should know better by the very definition of the word, "pandemic". A simple rewrite toning down the obvious [[partisan]] smears oughtta work. The American public needs factual information about the pandemic and what 'flattening the curve" means, not partisan cheap shots at this moment in history. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:35, 6 April 2020 (EDT) | | :::It doesn't matter what the source of fake news is. You should know better by the very definition of the word, "pandemic". A simple rewrite toning down the obvious [[partisan]] smears oughtta work. The American public needs factual information about the pandemic and what 'flattening the curve" means, not partisan cheap shots at this moment in history. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:35, 6 April 2020 (EDT) |
| − | :::It's a simple point: the shortage of beds is caused by a global pandemic, not by Richard Nixon and Democratic Congress that passed a law in 1974. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:38, 6 April 2020 (EDT) | + | :::It's a simple point: the shortage of beds is caused by a global pandemic, not by Richard Nixon and a Democratic Congress that passed a law in 1974. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:38, 6 April 2020 (EDT) |
| | :::More [[commie agitprop]]: | | :::More [[commie agitprop]]: |
| | :::*''"There are 1 million hospital beds in the United States" - there ought to be double that. '' | | :::*''"There are 1 million hospital beds in the United States" - there ought to be double that. '' |
| | :::If you want to blame somebody, blame the taxpayers, private hospitals, and charities for not building enough hospitals over a 45 year period in anticipation of a global pandemic. And who's to say we need 2 million hospital beds, when other experts say we may need 10 or 12 million hospital beds in coming weeks and months? | | :::If you want to blame somebody, blame the taxpayers, private hospitals, and charities for not building enough hospitals over a 45 year period in anticipation of a global pandemic. And who's to say we need 2 million hospital beds, when other experts say we may need 10 or 12 million hospital beds in coming weeks and months? |
| | :::Furthermore, if you chose to pursue this line, you need to address the more fundamental shortage of ICU units. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:49, 6 April 2020 (EDT) | | :::Furthermore, if you chose to pursue this line, you need to address the more fundamental shortage of ICU units. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 19:49, 6 April 2020 (EDT) |