If there are only about 17,000 currently hospitalized, why is the Comfort being asked to accept virus patients. NYC has not only the hospitals, but also the Javits Center and the Central Park field hospital. Seems as though there are more than enough beds at this time without infecting the Comfort.
Very simple explanation. They reduced the number of incoming patients by opting to not treat “elective” surgeries. That’s how we got capacity, which is now excess capacity to need. Also please note how NYC closed many hospitals in the last 10-15 years.