Just to jump into your fray...
The Joint Commission requires that every hospital, region, and state have a coordinated, reviewed, and approved emergency plan to deal with these things. I am sure this is all rolled up to the Federal level.
It’s on the back of my desk in the white binder.
Having the plan and expecting everyone to have read it, and the ability to execute are different things.
“Having the plan and expecting everyone to have read it, and the ability to execute are different things.”
When there’s 1,500 sick people in the parking lot of every hospital and 200 in the lobby, nobody will even think of “the plan”.
Many will not go to work.