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China races against the clock to build virus hospitals
france24.com/ ^ | Jan 27, 2020 | AFP

Posted on 01/27/2020 11:32:20 AM PST by 11th_VA

Hundreds of workers are toiling around the clock at the site of a field hospital that China is racing to build within days to treat a rapidly growing number of patients stricken by a deadly virus.

The outline of a floor began to take shape and electrical switchboards were already up on Monday when AFP reporters visited the site of the facility, dubbed "Fire God Mountain", being built in Wuhan, the central city where the coronavirus first emerged.

It is one of two makeshift hospitals that Chinese authorities are rushing to build within a fortnight in the city of 11 million people to relieve medical facilities swamped with patients waiting for hours to see doctors.

Work to build Fire God Mountain started Friday and is due to be ready to receive patients on February 3, according to state media. The second one, named "Thunder God Mountain", will be ready for use on February 5.

The construction workers all wore masks as mandated by the authorities for the entire population of the city, which has been under lockdown since Thursday.

They are checked for fevers when they arrived by bus and again during their breaks.

They worked around a forest of excavators and trucks bringing in prefab material at the site on the southwestern side of the city.

"We have to work fast to combat the epidemic," a worker in his 30s, who refused to give his name, told AFP.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; influenza; wuhan
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To: 11th_VA

Cheaper to buy some neutron bombs to clean out these useless eaters/contaminated humans in your population centers, commies. History shows you have no qualms about murder, right? The global eugenicists could cheer-lead at the UNaccountable bureaucrats building.

BEWARE the military, industrial, media, propaganda, criminal, political COMPLEX.

WHO let the germs out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkuu0Lwb5EM


41 posted on 01/27/2020 1:30:56 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: vigilence
re. I suspect what is being called a hospital will be more likely simply a quarantine facility.

It will probably turn into a morgue at some point.

42 posted on 01/27/2020 1:32:37 PM PST by ken in texas
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To: PGalt

News flash: Neutron bombs are likely to make viruses mutate instead of just killing them. China always has a virus problem - neutron bombs might make it worse.


43 posted on 01/27/2020 1:46:58 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: BBQToadRibs

I’ll sell them some “highest quality” hospitals and at a great price. The instructions may not be that good and they have to pay for shipping... no returns/refunds.


44 posted on 01/27/2020 2:00:31 PM PST by NativeSon ( What Would Virginia Do? #WWVD)
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To: Adder

Do you think they need plans, permits etc in china??? Better think again.


45 posted on 01/27/2020 2:29:14 PM PST by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: oldasrocks
I know...I can't imagine how long it would take to get all those building permits. By that time half of the PRC will be gone. 😅
46 posted on 01/27/2020 2:58:15 PM PST by huckfillary
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To: 11th_VA

Lot of rebar on the ground for concrete.

I guess they plan on building on top of the corpses


47 posted on 01/27/2020 3:58:04 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: oldasrocks

You still have to have a plan even for prefab.

I understand you can start clearing but you need some infrastructure


48 posted on 01/27/2020 4:06:15 PM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: 11th_VA

The hold up could be dozens of things.

From government bureaucracy (code inspectors, EPA, OSHA, etc) to issues with the new playground equipment, to weather.


49 posted on 01/27/2020 6:28:08 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: Rainwave

“Something really weird is happening here. China has NEVER been forthcoming, but the images of them scrambling to build hospitals is truly alarming.”

Probably because they let the genie out of the bottle at one of their bio-weapons labs.


50 posted on 01/27/2020 6:30:29 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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