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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKing Co (WA) health officials buying motel property to house virus patients
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Gadi Schwartz ✔@GadiNBC
Health officials in King County Washington announce they are buying a motel property to house people recovering from #CoronaVirus - hoping to have it available by the end of the week. #Covid19
2:11 PM - Mar 2, 2020 · Kirkland, WA
Well, that happens every day...
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King Co (WA) health officials buying motel property to house virus patients (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)1. Oh those poor folks, this is so enervating--
Poor ole Wuhan built those two hospitals in a week, but this is a good alternative if thats not going to happen here
Vibes, Washington
lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)2. stories out of China suggest
it wasn't really a "hospital" as much as it was a place for people to go to die.
The didn't put any bathrooms into the hospital.
Again, that is just rumor.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)3. I know, it was obvious from the photos, with all the poor people lying up in their cots, lap...
It was a hell of an effort though, eh - and those emergency buildings should have given the current administration a LARGE HEADS UP that something horrific was happening but oh well and grrrrrrrr
maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)5. Communist Party Propaganda
But thanks for the vibes.
RT Atlanta
(2,517 posts)4. this is WA proactively doing something
under the leadership of Jay Inslee and many other state and local leaders and agencies.
They are actively looking out for folks' best interests (those infected/potentially exposed and the rest of the population)