> This hospital ship was meant to house non-covid patients. It's meant as surge capacity for the NY hospital system. The article is arguing that is a silly pla

> This hospital ship was meant to house non-covid patients. It's meant as surge capacity for the NY hospital system. The article is arguing that is a silly plan which is not relieving pressure on NY hospitals because the pressure is _only_ COVID patients. How about “we’re shipping 10 million masks to NY, but only for non-COVID patient treatment”. It would be ridiculous.