3,000 ICU beds in New York State. @NYGovCuomo says 80% are currently occupied.

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3,000 ICU beds in New York State.
@NYGovCuomo
says 80% are currently occupied.

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@NYGovCuomo
says they are turning to medical schools, retired doctors, retired nurses - any way to expand the medical staff, knowing we will need more and some will get sick.


How can you build more hospital capacity now?
@NYGovCuomo
asks. Says its never been done before. Says it takes years and billions to build a hospital usually.



Tents? Military field hospitals. We've got tents ready to go in NC.

[CottonBear]

1. OMG. The feds haven't provided resources for temporary hospital facilities

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This is like the situation in Italy where they’re run out of hospital beds and facilities to treat the very ill.

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2. Yesterday on Twitter Cuomo said that the Trump admin was screwing them on funds.

New York got the least of any other state.

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Federal Corona Bill gives NYS the lowest level of reimbursement rate at 50%. Other states get 75%.

Politicians say NY gets more $ than most states, that's only bc we spend more—we get reimbursed at a lower rate. With highest # of cases, why is our rate the lowest? Fight for NY!

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We have facilities that could serve as temporary hospitals, like SUNY dorms.

I am urging the President: deploy the Army Corps of Engineers, retrofit these buildings as medical facilities to free up hospital beds.

The federal gov't alone has the ability to do this fast enough.

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3. K&R for visibility.