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Originally Posted by JMintzer
You forgot the "could have" been averted... and "could have prevented"... and "might have" been saved.... It's a guess...
And no, hospitals were not overrun by patients "drowning in their own respiratory secretions"...
In NYC, they spent $Billions on readying a hospital ship and a New Covid Tent facility. Neither were needed.
In DC, where I work, as well as Suburban MD & VA, the local hospitals had plenty of beds available...
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How NY hospital faced COVID devastation and came back from the brink - ABC News
Elmhurst had a patient roster that was over 230% capacity during the last week of February and the first week of March of 2020. Nearly all of those patients were critically ill with COVID-19. Within those walls, essential workers were overwhelmed with treating these patients. Staff witnessed extensive devastation as well as hundreds of lives lost.