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Oct. 28, 2020, 11:09 a.m. ET30 minutes ago
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In El Paso, where the number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 has more than tripled over the past three weeks, doctors at University Medical Center have started airlifting some patients to hospitals as far away as San Antonio while treating others in a field hospital in a nearby parking lot.
Dr. German Hernandez, a nephrologist who has been caring for patients at several hospitals in El Paso, said the situation was so acute that patients on oxygen were being kept in rooms in the trauma area of University Medical Center. He said that could be devastating in the event of a disaster such as the August 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in the city that left 23 people dead.
“God forbid we have another Aug. 3 shooting because we can’t handle it right now,” Dr. Hernandez said. “We have no buffer.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10...g-the-pandemic
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- U.S. reports a record 500,000 new cases in the past week, as the Trump administration says it is ending the pandemic.
- Some college towns that were virus hot spots are cooling down.
- New Jersey’s largest city shuts down again as virus cases surge.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10...ad5f-2fa9e9611
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