Ne York City: USNS Comfort has only 60 coronavirus patients and The Javits Center just 225 - despite 3,500 beds between them - due to ongoing red tape while other hospitals overflow

Daily Mail ^ | 04/12/2020

[SeekAndFind]

The USNS Comfort and the Javits Convention Center are still sitting mostly empty despite being set up in New York City to treat coronavirus patients while emergency rooms across the city overflow with patients.

The 1,000-bed Comfort and 2,500-bed Javits Center were set up by the federal government and military to alleviate the strain on New York's hospitals at the height of the pandemic.

But immediately, hospital executives expressed frustration and outrage at the red tape that was stopping them from actually contributing to the crisis.

The first problem was that neither was willing to take COVID-19 patients. The Comfort also refused to take patients who had any of 49 other health conditions that were detailed in a list by the state department that is yet to become public.

Gov. Cuomo asked Trump to overrule FEMA and turn both into COVID-19 facilities, which he did. It reduced the USNS Comfort's capacity from 1,000 to 500.

But there is still a mountain of as-yet unexplained red tape that is stopping people from being treated there.

There are currently only 60 patients at the Comfort and 225 in the Javits Center.

One doctor told The New York Post there was a 25-point checklist of requirements that patients had to meet before they could be transported. It is unclear whether the military or the state department of health mandated that checklist.

State officials say that it was the military that put the strict requirements in place, whereas defense officials say it was the state. They say the state issued guidance saying the patients had to have five days worth of medication before they could be transported to either facility because their pharmacies are so backed up.

[SeekAndFind]

SUMMARY

USNS Comfort has only 60 coronavirus patients and The Javits Center just 225 - despite 3,500 beds between them - due to ongoing red tape while hospitals overflow

• The USNS Comfort and Javits Convention Center were supposed to bring much needed relief to New York's overwhelmed hospital system
• The Javits has capacity for 2,500 people but is only treating 225
• The USNS Comfort has capacity for 500 coronavirus patients but only has 60
• Initially though, both refused to take COVID-19 patients and USNS Comfort refused to take others with a range of different illnesses
• That changed with President Trump's interference but neither is yet at capacity
• Doctors in ER rooms say there is still a lengthy list of requirements for patients to get into either
• It comes down to whether they have the right staff and if their pharmacies are sufficiently stocked
• The USNS Comfort does not have the staff to treat mentally ill people, children or pregnant women, for example
• The state is also reportedly insisting on patients having five days of prescriptions before they can be moved to either
• Overstretched hospital workers called the situation 'bulls**t'

[plain talk]

Excellent summary. Thanks for doing that for us.

[SeekAndFind]

Photos released by the defense department show the Javits Center, where military doctors are treating coronavirus patients. The 2,000 Bed field hospital is still largely empty due to a mountain of red tape that is stopping people from getting the care they need. Only 225 people are being treated there

[PanzerKardinal]

NYC is certainly a hotzone.

So why hasn’t NYC been placed under total quarantine.

No one in. No one out.

Why are New Yorkers allowed to roam around infecting others.

More importantly, why is the rest of the US under lock down because of NYC?

[Bommer]

Real question is why aren’t patients just given a weeks worth of treatement of hydroxychloquine and zine? Resources wouldnt have to of been needed. The answer is because Trump was right and the FDA, CDC, Fauxci and all the democrap Govenors were all wrong and accomplishes to murder. Also curious as to why you hear no bitching or complaining for Republican Govenors? Texas is big with Houston and DFW and getting ready to re-open. The difference is between leadership and shear incompetence!

[Oscar in Batangas]

If you want to screw things up, get a bureaucrat involved.

If you want to REALLY screw them up, make sure he’s a Dumb-as-crap

[RetiredArmy]

From an article I read earlier tonight. Some interesting things in a very long article. Here are just a few::

(snip)

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW:

On October 18, 2019, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum hosted “a high-level pandemic exercise” in New York City called “Event 201.” This event included CEOs of major corporations, media and communications professionals, business, finance and economic leaders, health officials, UN officials and government leaders. Key players included New World Order Globalists and those pushing for global “population control.” This was a SIMULATION of a world-wide pandemic, to study how such a catastrophe would impact the world economically and socially. It was sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, the Center for Disease Control, the United Nations Foundation, NBC broadcasting, the Bloomberg Foundation, and the Central Intelligence Agency — yes, the CIA. And the TYPE of pandemic that was studied was a CORONAVIRUS.

On the same day that Event 201 began, the World Military Games began in Wuhan, China. This was an “Olympic-type” sporting event for service members from around the world to compete in sporting events. And the United Nations had a very large presence at the World Military Games. Incidentally, the United States came in 35th place in awards out of 56 countries at the games. China came in first, and Russia second.

Also, for some reason, there was a mass exodus of CEOs resigning from their companies in 2019. In all, 1,480 CEOs resigned last year, and nearly 300 more quit between January and March of this year. It seems they knew something we didn’t know.

We also know that China has been busy building economic, diplomatic and military alliances with countries around the world, including Mexico and many Central and South American nations. There are Chinese army troops currently on the ground in many of these countries right now, training and financing their armed forces.

And did you know that 200 Italian businesses are now controlled by Chinese owners… and Chinese investors and firms now own a majority of 2,400 US companies? Additionally, China owns 150,000 acres of prime farmland in the United States.

We hear the word “pandemic” a lot now. But just what, exactly, IS a “pandemic?” A ‘Pandemic’ is declared when the death-to-infection rate of a disease reaches more than 12%. Here are the current statistics on the Coronavirus:

In Europe, the death rate is 0.4%, except for Italy, which peaked at 6% and is now declining. According to the official reports, 99% of those who died in Italy — with their deaths attributed to the virus — were 80 years old or older and had other underlying illnesses already. China’s death rate from the virus peaked at 3% but is now reported to be less than 0.7%. On March 26th, Dr. Anthony Fauci HIMSELF wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that the effects of the Coronavirus would be substantially less than that of the normal flu virus, with a mortality rate of less than 0.1%. So why, now, all the hysteria and over-reaction?

I’ve been researching all of this extensively, and I HAVE the numbers; but for the sake of space, I’ll leave it to you to do the research and math. But suffice to say that as of April 4th, worldwide deaths from the coronavirus have been less than 0.5% of those infected. What’s more, studies show that only 2% of people age 19 and younger contract COVID-19; 12% of middle-aged people get it; and just 24% of people 80 years old or older catch it, MOST who are already sick with other illnesses.

SO, WHAT HAS BEEN OUR RESPONSE TO THIS?

Millions of people worldwide have essentially been locked down. All businesses considered to be “non-essential” have been forced to close. Here in America, draconian measures have been taken to assure “social distancing,” meaning that in most places now, it’s forbidden for ten or more people to gather, even outdoors. In some states, groups of two or more people are forbidden. Hotlines and websites have been set up for people to essentially “turn their neighbors in” to law enforcement if they feel they’re not following the rules.

In addition to professional sports, movie theaters, theme parks and concert arenas have been forced to close for the foreseeable future; 93% of churches in the United States are now closed. Bill DeBlasio, Mayor of New York, has stated that churches that disregard his order to close may be forced to close permanently. In China, they’re demolishing church buildings.

And here in our country, those who are considered to be “essential workers” are “allowed” to leave home, but they’ve been issued “travel papers” by their employers to prove to law enforcement they have a legitimate reason to be out on the streets if they’re stopped and questioned.

On March 27th, Trump signed an Executive Order allowing him to activate up to 1 million Individual Ready Reserves. These are retired military personnel, not regular “Reserve” troops. Currently, there are 12,500 National Guard members that have been mobilized, and countless numbers of heavy military vehicles have been seen being transported throughout the country.

On April 1st, Mike Pompeo ordered all American citizens who are currently in other countries to return home immediately.

And here’s something you won’t see on the evening news: The Pentagon and NORAD are now sending high-level staffers — and some of the most critical US senior military commanders and nuclear and special operations forces to the Cheyenne Mountain bunker facility in Colorado — 2,000 feet underground — to ensure that in the event of a sudden security crisis, including any potential nuclear mission, there will be enough healthy troops and leaders to carry out orders.

Social distancing rules are becoming more and more strict in public, even now at Walmart stores, where only a certain number of people are being allowed in the building at a time, and aisles have been cordoned off so customers must move single file, all in one direction while inside the stores. Several states have ordered that IF people must leave their homes to obtain essential supplies, only one family member is allowed to make the trip. Even outdoor facilities like playgrounds and parks have closed down.

Still, as we see every day when President Trump and his White House Coronavirus Task Force hold press conferences, THEY are NOT ‘social distancing’ but, rather, standing shoulder-to-shoulder. Likewise, the MEDIA at these press conferences are sitting right next to one another in the audience. Curious.

The media has been reporting that hospitals across the country are being ‘overwhelmed’ with patients coming to be tested and hospitalized with the virus. Hospitals across the country have set up tents outside to accommodate overflow patients and for virus testing. Refrigerated semi-trucks have been brought in to serve as overflow “morgue” space for deceased patients.

HOWEVER, citizen reporters have checked on this: in city after city, ordinary citizens have visited their local hospitals — including hospitals in New York City — and posted videos online showing hospitals that are completely empty, totally void of people. Empty emergency rooms, empty tents, no people anywhere. Videos are circulating all over the internet showing the same thing: in MOST cities across the country, there ARE NO COVID-19 patients, no overwhelmed hospitals or hospital workers. In New York harbor, the 1,000-bed hospital ship “Comfort” has a total of three patients. In Los Angeles, the hospital ship “Mercy” has 15.

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[mass55th]

And just think, it was in the early hours of Wednesday, the 9th of November, 2016 that Hillary’s supporters were crying their eyes out in that same place, watching John Podesta doing his imitation of Ferris Bueller, and telling everybody there, that the show was over, and that they should all go home.

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This is another international press hit job on our president.

This article is pure BS, composed in the style of the NYT.

The Javitz Center hospital and the Comfort facilities are not necessary. Neither are the 40,000 ventilators demanded by chicken little Sfacime, Jr.

Numerous military doctors and nurses have been redeployed to NY area hospitals to relieve overworked staff.

Disregard this trash.

[vpintheak]

I have the same questions. The “lock down” across the nation should have solely been the cities/ areas effected. No one in or out. The res for the nation goes on about our business.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Let’s not forget that grocery stores are open and crammed full of people, people standing in line outside waiting to get in,,Walgreens, CVS, RITE AID ,and the rest all open for shoppers, Lowe’s, Home Depot all open for shopping YET this is NOT increasing numbers by the thousands CA. numbers haven’t moved at all, our hospitals are EMPTY and staff being laid off!! OPEN THE DAMN COUNTRY!!!

[PanzerKardinal]

This is the first epidemic where the quarantine the healthy.

[Singermom]

I thought the ships were not going to take any corono patients due to not having the proper isolation ability.

[bigbob]

I have emergency supplies too, haven’t needed them but it’s better to have and not need than to need and not have.

Hindsight is 20/20.

[FlipWilson]

Right, it’s the bureaucracy, not that they don’t need the Javitz Center or the Hospital Ship.

Oh no, that can’t be it.

It can’t be that we have all been had.

Our press in full ass 1984 mode.

[Carriage Hill]

“So why hasn’t NYC been placed under total quarantine”

Cuomo-The-Organized-Crime-Homo is opening drive-in movie theaters.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3834528/posts

[jonrick46]

It seems to me that Gov. Cuomo should iron things out. Or, is he creating the obstacles to make it seem as if it is President Trump’s effort to make the USNS Comfort a failure.

[jonrick46]

Forgot a word: Or, is he creating the obstacles to make it seem as if it is President Trump’s effort to make the USNS Comfort happen a failure.

[seastay]

There are way fewer cases of virus in NY than was hysterically foretasted, blame God for not filling those beds, not Trump or red tape.