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I hear NYU and Columbia's dorms are empty.
For a reason. Dorms are shared everything. Not really a great place for isolating people.
There was a guy on here a few days ago who owns some hotels. He said he would be fine with this as long as they: paid to move his current customers to his other hotels, cleaned the rooms and returned them to their original condition when they were done, provided safety gear to his employees that would need to keep working, and provide paychecks for his employees that are furloughed. I think. I can't find the comment…
Gov. Cuomo a couple days ago asked cities in the NY state to identify where they could fit improvised beds. The quota for NYC was 5,000. Seems like hotels are an obvious choice, given their optimal layout and how empty they are https://cornellsun.com/2020/03/16/cuomo-proposes-converting-...
I assume you meant hotels, not hospitals.
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And here we find a way to actually sustain those businesses while they don’t have any non-Healthcare clients
We need to stop worrying about business owners and start worrying about our fellow workers. Let the state nationalize them if need be.
That sounds like a good idea. I hope one thing comes out of this pandemic: that our governments, local and federal, stockpile portable tent hospitals and equipment that can be put in place quickly for future problems. I doubt this will happen in the USA, but that is what I hope happens. I think health infrastructure is part of national security and should receive appropriate resources.
We actually do have emergency hospitals, though we've historically used ships and been liberal in sending them to aid foreign countries. Obviously we should further extend that strategy for the continental US.
There was a guy on here a few days ago who owns some hotels. He said he would be fine with this as long as they: paid to move his current customers to his other hotels, cleaned the rooms and returned them to their original condition when they were done, provided safety gear to his employees that would need to keep working, and provide paychecks for his employees that are furloughed. I think. I can't find the comment…
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For a reason. Dorms are shared everything. Not really a great place for isolating people.
They're only shared everything if they're full. Could easily isolate lots of people, just with much lower capacity than the dorms hold in normal times.