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New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals

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Re: New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals

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Post by jedberg »

jacobush wrote: post #79
jedberg wrote: post #64

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…

Was it Trump?

No, actually it was a guy who owns some restaurants and hotels in SF and was trying to figure out how to keep paying all his employees despite his business cratering.

So kinda the complete opposite.

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Post by jedberg »

empath75 wrote: post #72
jedberg wrote: post #64

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…

They're probably not going to be in any position to make demands like that.

I don't think they can just take over a hotel without any input from the owner. This is still the US. We do still have some rule of law.

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Post by tlrobinson »

robotnikman wrote: post #77
vorpalhex wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's one thing I think the Navy will start to do. We will probably begin deploying our ships to coastal cities to provide much needed relief, and I think it was already mentioned that one will be deployed to New York to help out.

On the other hand, do we really want to be exposing the military to the virus in these uncertain times?

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Post by joshstrange »

jedberg wrote: post #82
empath75 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're probably not going to be in any position to make demands like that.

I don't think they can just take over a hotel without any input from the owner. This is still the US. We do still have some rule of law.

IANAL but I'm pretty sure the Defense Production Act [0] (which he invoked today) allows him to do just that.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act

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Post by fma »

jacobush wrote: post #79
jedberg wrote: post #64

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…

Was it Trump?

His hotels are already providing lodging for Coronavirus patients. There's been 3 confirmed cases from there.

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Post by Teever »

empath75 wrote: post #72
jedberg wrote: post #64

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…

They're probably not going to be in any position to make demands like that.

The risk of malicious compliance is a tremendous motivator in ensuring that the government upholds their end of a fair and equitable deal in times of crisis.

And I know this sounds toxic in times of crisis but it's important that the government maintain some semblance of fair dealing in these times otherwise their proclivity to do otherwise may increase.

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Post by ceejayoz »

jedberg wrote: post #82
empath75 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're probably not going to be in any position to make demands like that.

I don't think they can just take over a hotel without any input from the owner. This is still the US. We do still have some rule of law.

They absolutely can. The rule of law permits things like martial law in emergencies, as well as a lot of powers in the various steps that lead up to that.

Re: New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals

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Post by Jeema101 »

robotbikes wrote: post #47

In Ohio they had the head of the state association of hospitals float the idea at a press conference. He seemed to talking about the possibility taking floors of existing hotels and using them for non COVID19 patients that didn't require super urgent care so that wouldn't be in danger of getting infected if/when the hospitals begin to fill up with people dealing with COVID19. They also asked doctors, dentists and vet…

Ohioan here. DeWine (governor of Ohio) actually ordered the primary halted in defiance of a court order on Monday.

It was only later that night that the Ohio Supreme Court sided with him, but the election was kind of already thrown into disarray by then.

We need more leaders like him who are willing to take personal risks during this crisis. I say this as a Democrat by the way.

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