Something the article doesn't do a great job of covering is how overall emergency medical incidents went way down more than expected - which is what some of these field hospitals (and the Navy ships) were for.
The head of a local hospital network has tweeted wondering where all the heart attack and stroke patients went - both in my lightly impacted region and in disaster NYC. Did the rate go down? Or did people just die at home afraid to go to the hospital?
In SF in normal times, over 50% of trauma cases are from car accidents. My completely unscientific theory is that commuting/traffic is way more stressful and physically taxing than people think.
The head of a local hospital network has tweeted wondering where all the heart attack and stroke patients went - both in my lightly impacted region and in disaster NYC. Did the rate go down? Or did people just die at home afraid to go to the hospital?
In SF in normal times, over 50% of trauma cases are from car accidents. My completely unscientific theory is that commuting/traffic is way more stressful and physically taxing than people think.
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/half-of-injuries-treated-at-...