Converting gyms to wards: preparing for a pandemic.
1918 Influenza pandemic at @IowaStateU
2020 Coronavirus pandemic at @Yale -- today. pic.twitter.com/aG0tj0sFnV— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) March 21, 2020
FedEx Fiekd in Maryland.
FRIDAY: Members of the guard pitched tents in Prince George’s County, where WTOP reports health officials from Prince George’s County and Maryland are hoping to create a closed testing site for the new coronavirus at FedEx Field in Landover. Guardsmen from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 224th Medical Company Area Support, which is headquartered in Olney, set up a tent in Silver Spring, where officials said up to 30 medical soldiers would be able to support hospital workers in an emergency triage situation. Members of the National Guard were called to Baltimore City to help serve vulnerable populations, according to the mayor, who said their role was to help with food distribution to children and medical logistics planning.