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> If you are shutting down hospitals that don't have covid-19 cases because you might need capacity at some unspecified time in the future, you are doing it wro
by nucleardog 6y ago
> If you are shutting down hospitals that don't have covid-19 cases because you might need capacity at some unspecified time in the future, you are doing it wrong.
Disagree. Being proactive rather than reactive is how many other places have managed to have much better outcomes with this virus thusfar.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI agree that some level of proactive behavior is positive, but there is a point at which it becomes negligent. In New York it took 3 weeks of exponential growth before hospitals were approaching max capacity. Hospitals with zero/minimal utilization should not be turning away patients. For example, if patients need a 1 or 2 day stay for cardiac or cancer procedure, you have plenty of time to ramp down admissions.