SIGNIFICANT INFLOW INTO THE HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE GREAT CURVE THAT
THEY TALK ABOUT, PLUS OR MINUS.
FLATTEN THE CURVE, FLATTEN THE
CURVE, THAT IS WHAT YOU HEAR
EVERY DAY ON TV.
WE MUST FLATTEN THE CURVE.
THE CONCEPT IS RIGHT.
FLATTEN THE CURVE, SLOW THE
SPREAD, SO THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM CAN HANDLE IT.
WHEN HEY SAY THIS, I DON’T
THINK OF THE CURVE, I THINK OF A HEY SAY THIS, I DON’T
THINK OF THE CURVE, I THINK OF A WAVE.
WAVE. AND A WAVE IS GOING TO BREAK AND
THE WAVE IS GOING TO BREAK ON
THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
FLATTEN THE CURVE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE’VE TAKEN MORE
DRAMATIC ACTIONS THAN ANY STATE
IN HE UNITED STATES.
I BELIEVE WE’VE HAD THE MOST HE UNITED STATES.
I BELIEVE WE’VE HAD THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSIBILITYE OF ANY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT WE’LL BE
ABLE TO FLATTEN THE CURVE ENOUGH
TO MEET THE CAPACITY OF THE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
SO IN THIS BUSINESS, PLAN AHEAD.
PLAN FORWARD.
PLAN FORWARD. ANTICIPATE WHAT IS COMING DOWN
THE ROAD AND GET READY FOR IT.
EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF THE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR A STATE
IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
BUILDING A HOSPITAL IS A VERY
ELABORATE EXTENSIVE EXPENSIVE
UNDERTAKING.
UNDERTAKING. AGAIN, WE NEED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO PLAY ITS ROLE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
TREMENDOUS CAPACITY.
TREMENDOUS CAPACITY. I WPj IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I WAS A CABINET SECRETARY.
I WORKED WITH THE MILITARY.
I WORKED WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS.
ENGINEERS. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS CAPACITY.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
THEY BUILD AIRPORTS, THEY BUILD
BRIDGES, THEY BUILD HOSPITALS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO.
DEPLOY THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS TO COME WORK WITH
STATES TO BUILD TEMPORARY
MEDICAL FACILITIES.
MEDICAL FACILITIES. GET US BA()U( BEDS SO WHEN THE
HOSPITAL IS OVERWHE&MED, WE CAN
HAVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL BEDS GO TO A
BACKUP MEDICAL FACILITY.
IT MAKES ALL THE SENTSE IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. AND IF YOU DON’T DO IT, YOU WILL
OVERWHELM THE HOSPITALS.
YOU ONLY HAVE 153,000 HOSPITAL
BEDS, YOU ONLY HAVE 3,000 ICU
BEDS.
BEDS. D8WHY?
D8WHY? BECAUSE OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS
BASICALLY A PRIVATE SYSTEM.
THEY DON’T BUILD CAPACITY THAT
THEY DON’T NEED.
THEY DON’T BUILD EXTRA ICU BEDS
JUST IN CASE.
AN INTENSIVE CARE BED IS VERY
EXPENSIVE.
EXPENSIVE. THEY DON’T BUILD A WING OF ICU
BEDS THAT SIT VACANT FOR TEN
YEARS ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY AND YOU WILL NEED THE
BEDS.
BEDS. IT IS NOT ECONOMIC.
IT IS NOT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
SO WE DON’T HAVE THEM.
WE HAVE THE CAPACITY THIS THATT$
USE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST NEW YORK.
THAT IS EVERY STATE.
YOU NOW HAVE THIS INFLUX THAT @
YOU CAN’T HANDLE, YOU OVERWHELM
THE HOSPITALS.
THE HOSPITALS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON GURNEYS IN
HALLWAYS.
HALLWAYS. THAT IS WhAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
NOW IF WE DO NOTHING.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
NOW IF WE DO NOTHING.
AND THAT MY FRIENDS WILL BE A
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. WE KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD.
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM CHINA,
SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO GUESS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO PROJECT THE
NUMBERS ARE ON A CHART.
OUR NUMBERS ARE ON A CHART.
JUST EXTEND THE CURRENT
TRAJECTORY.
TRAJECTORY. JUST GO DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT AND
YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBERS RISE
AND YOU COMPARE THOSE NUMBERS TO
OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND IT IS
STILL MATH HE AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
DAY. AND IT DOESN’T WORK.