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Hospitals. The US military docked a hospital ship in New York Harbor during the peak of the initial outbreak. That ship remained almost entirely unused [0] whi
by neartheplain 5y ago
Hospitals.
The US military docked a hospital ship in New York Harbor during the peak of the initial outbreak. That ship remained almost entirely unused [0] while COVID-positive adults were being discharged from hospitals straight back to nursing homes, where they died and/or infected others. The emergency hospital established in New York's Javits Convention Center went similarly underutilized [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_ships_designated_for_the_COVID-19_pandemic#USNS_Comfort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_ships_designated_for_...
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/why-nycs-largest-emergency-hospital-javits-center-pretty-much-empty-2020-4?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/why-nycs-largest-emergency-h...
- bobmaxup 5y agoNew York is a large state. Just because there was a hospital ship harbored in the Hudson, doesn't mean you could fill it from nursing homes or emergency care facilities upstate.
- foolinaround 5y agoSome could have been sent? An attempt made?