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Originally Posted by Swoop
And the hospital ship sailed away without really being used. And the temporary “hospitals” like those in the Javits Center also went virtually unused. But they made for really great news broadcasts and filled hours of airtime - successfully ramping up the panic…
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They treated only 22 patients in the first few days after it docked on March 30, because of bureaucratic red tape and confusing military policies. By the time Cuomo told the fed "fuggedaboudit" and sent the ship back, almost a month later, it had treated fewer than 200 people total.
This was because of bad administration, poor coordination, and massive demonstration of utter apathy on the part of people who had the authority to DO something about it.