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| Coronavirus doctor: I am ashamed of Israeli society |
| 2020-09-09 |
| [YNet] - A senior physician treating COVID-19 patients in serious condition lashed out Tuesday at the Israeli public for disregarding other human lives by ignoring basic measures such as wearing masks that could slow the spread of coronavirus. Dr. Gadi Segal, who heads Israel's first coronavirus ward at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, posted a plea on Facebook for Israelis to begin taking the pandemic seriously. "I've posted the names of the people who have died as a result of the disease. Many of them I knew, some died in my arms," Segal wrote in his post. "The blame rests on those who think their pay checks, their personal liberty and freedom of speech is more important than human lives. As a human being and a doctor, I am ashamed of this society." ...Segal later told Ynet that that denying the virus and disregarding simple mitigation measures will only serve to expedite full lockdown. "It is about mutual responsibility. I was trying to explain that people have the power to save lives and not only that, they have the power to save livelihoods and our society," he said. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #16 As long as g(r)om's at liberty To say that thing that eats at me, Repetitively, in a forum -- Unheard-of breach of net decorum! -- Until I feel unsafe or flee... Are any of us truly free? |
| Posted by: Thinesh Platypus8929 2020-09-09 19:01 |
| #15 ^ set up WiFi in his cave and give him Disney + so he can stream Frozen and Mulan over and over to his heart's delight... and some used masks -- great for sniffing |
| Posted by: Winky Pelosi8283 2020-09-09 17:01 |
| #14 I'd try to reason with (g)rom, but there is no reasoning with the self-deluded and obsessed. So locked onto a single point of view, he has blinded himself, demonstrating all the foresight, depth. and acuity, of a myopic cyclops with a cataract. Go shelter in your cave. The rest of the world has a life to live, you poor fear driven coward. |
| Posted by: Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-09 16:53 |
| #13 I personally like the masks which such into people's mouth when they are trying to talk. For that instant, they look like a muppet. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-09-09 10:25 |
| #12 Israel has about the same cases/million that the USA has but only about 20% as many deaths/million. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-09-09 10:16 |
| #11 Heaven forbid I'll try to change your mind, Cris. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 10:13 |
| #10 Speaking of white coats, Fauci was on Stupid Morning News This Morning Show towing the same line. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-09-09 10:11 |
| #9 give it up grom, you're not convincing anyone here with the bullshit |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-09-09 09:59 |
| #8 Heard that last time and it was proved nonsense. FROM APRIL! Why do so many NHS Nightingale hospitals remain empty? Some officials believe their Nightingale hospital may never have to treat a Covid-19 patient Hundreds of million wasted on the Shamdemic |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-09-09 08:40 |
| #7 Prof. Ran Balicer warns hospitals will be unable to cope with pandemic and flu season, says newly introduced night-time curfew in 'red' contagion hotspots is insufficient and that more severe restrictions are necessary Another attempt by totalitarians in white coats* to limit religious freedom. *Kinda rhymes with Stalin's "killers in white coats". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 07:50 |
| #6 Cuomo should hang for what he's done. Instead, he and his brother laugh away on CNN. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-09-09 07:32 |
| #5 Average age for those dying WITH (not even of) covid is 82 Thanks to Gov. Cuomo. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 07:26 |
| #4 Average age for those dying WITH (not even of) covid is 82. Life expectancy is below this. How many died from suicide yesterday and what were their ages. I might term them lockdown caused deaths! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-09-09 06:38 |
| #3 39-year-old Haifa resident succumbs to coronavirus I guess the virus has lost its ability to count due to a mutation. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 05:59 |
| #2 A Muslim who believes he's a right to blow up people for Allan. A boy from the hood who believes he's a right to attack white people because of systemic racism. "Peaceful" protesters in American cities. A religious Jew who believes the instructions from the Rabbi supersede instructions from (apostate) doctors - but, nevertheless goes to these doctors when seriously sick. Somebody who believes that masks & social distancing are violation of his rights. People who spread false information - it only kills old people - about the dangers of covid (without even being paid by the Chinese like the WHO). I wonder if all these people have something in common? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 05:03 |
| #1 >Personal liberty and freedom of speech is more important than human lives. Er YES IT IS! Especially when those dying with covid are older than national life expectancy... Seems oddly immoral to me to house arrest the 20,000 healthy young people for a year to add one month to an 80+ year old's life... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-09-09 03:55 |