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OT : The Coronavirus. Has it reached you yet? How are you? Apr 22, 2020 19:50:05 GMT

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Post by Aj_June on Apr 22, 2020 19:50:05 GMT

Apr 22, 2020 12:56:54 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Apr 21, 2020 20:16:42 GMT @thezahir1974 said:

The only thing strange in the two articles I linked was your ability to highlight two negatives and immediately jump to the conclusion that Portugal's healthcare system is a complete mess. Have you ever visited a medical facility/hospital in Portugal? I'm not going to say it's finest in the world, but trust me, the level of professionalism and care is comparable with any other respected nations healthcare system.

Do you think any healthcare system in the world would have coped with around a quarter of it's population arriving on mass with covid-19??

Hell, we got two of the most 'respected' healthcare systems in the world struggling to cope with a fraction of what could have been in Portugal, shudder to think what state those 'respected' healthcare systems would be in right now given the same circumstances.

"Due to the frailty of our health system..."

Those weren't my words, boss.

Not that what you pointed out is incorrect, but no matter how good your healthcare system may be, there are always going to be two strategies when we talk about managing any pandemic. Long-term strategies of having quality healthcare like those of countries like Germany, UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland and France etc. And a short-term immediate strategy that is devised by the government of any country and that people of any country have to execute in accordance with the directions of government. Countries like France and UK had good healthcare but that didn't stop the pandemic from taking a heavy toll. Portugal succeeded in its short-term (immediate strategy) and I think Zahir (who is from Portugal based on his football threads) was alluding to that. I do give Portugal credit for that.

That said if this thing stretches for long then countries will have to continuously revise and monitor their short term strategies. India for example has succeeded with their short-term strategies (they were screening tourists before European countries, went early with a very restrictive lockdown and some other things). India's death per million so far is way down at 0.5. But India will have to open up its economy soon as it can't sustain for long. Then your point will be valid. What about the extremely bad healthcare system of India? Wouldn't we be in immense problem soon? I hope not but world does not work on hope. We could soon be in immense problem because of the bad state of our healthcare facilities.