"The surgical mask supply went from being 90% U.S.-made to being 95% foreign-made in literally one year.... machines, which are as long as a school bus and cost as much as $1 million. I've got requests for maybe a billion and a half masks..." npr.org/sections/healt…
"The American Hospital Association says the total number of Intensive Care Unit beds is about 65,000.
Waldhorn says hospitals can make more ICU beds available in a crisis, perhaps doubling the capacity, but there's still a chance it won't be enough." npr.org/2020/03/06/812…
Waldhorn says hospitals can make more ICU beds available in a crisis, perhaps doubling the capacity, but there's still a chance it won't be enough." npr.org/2020/03/06/812…
"At EvergreenHealth, Francis Riedo is a big believer in the 'flatten the wave' strategy. He's the infectious disease specialist who last week made the call to test two patients which ended up identifying the country's first COVID-19 death..." 
