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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by nostrademons on Saturday May 23, 2020 @10:56PM (#23288711)
I have a friend who works in a NYC hospital and they absolutely were overwhelmed. Every available space (including supply closets, ERs, staff briefing rooms) converted into a coronavirus ward. A few staff members (including their ER director) died from coronavirus.

They never ran out of ventilators, but they did run out of beds.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by losvedir on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:34PM (#23288859)
Who is the ER director you're talking about? I tried looking it up but couldn't find any articles.
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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by simonh on Sunday May 24, 2020 @11:00AM (#23291956)
That’s hardly surprising, there’s no reliable record of health care worker deaths. “...US officials say they have no comprehensive way to count those who lose their lives trying to save others.”

Also: “In some facilities, the person who is supposed to do the reporting is caring for patients and is overwhelmed,” Schuchat said.

[1]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/15/coronavirus-...

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