Re: An elephant in the room
Don't know what news this guy's watching, but effectively parking lots ARE being used for patients here in the USA; not nationwide by any means but yes it's absolutely happening.
That can be fairly normal. So any decent hospital system has 'red' plans for mass casualty events. And following on from 9/11, funding for more field hospital tents for either triage, or treatment. It's been one of those areas where technology transfer from military to civilian has improved emergency medical options. So a field hospital doesn't have to be a tent with cots in it any more, but very capable field operating rooms that can be quickly deployed in emergencies.