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Why are they not using college dorms instead? There's already beds there and there's a modicum of isolation.

Here in New York, they're building a facility at one university, though the dorms are going to be used to house workers rather than patients.

https://riverheadlocal.com/2020/03/22/as-suffolk-coronavirus...

I have no actual idea, but would venture to guess that all dorms in NY are old buildings with HVAC/Electrical/Elevators/Hallway sizes that aren't good enough for medical care.

Lived in the international house in NY many years back. I would add bedbugs to the list!

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