{"id":5665,"date":"2020-05-23T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2020-05-23T16:23:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:23:27","slug":"breaking-video-report-660-million-spent-on-30-field-hospitals-most-had-zero-patients-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/breaking-video-report-660-million-spent-on-30-field-hospitals-most-had-zero-patients-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"[BREAKING VIDEO REPORT] $660 Million Spent on 30+ Field Hospitals, Most Had ZERO Patients &#8211; YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vss739AdtH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GreenMedInfo.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmedinfo.com\/blog\/npr-660-million-spent-30-us-field-hospitals-most-without-treating-any-covid-19-pa?utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter%3A Will COVID-19 Public Policies Split Up Families%3F (RUVPVY)&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Daily Newsletter&amp;_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJlc3Rlcmx1bmR0cm95QHlhaG9vLmNvbSIsICJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIksydlhBeSJ9\">https:\/\/www.greenmedinfo.com\/blog\/npr-660-million-spent-30-us-field-hospitals-most-without-treating-any-covid-19-pa?utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter%3A Will COVID-19 Public Policies Split Up Families%3F (RUVPVY)&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Daily Newsletter&amp;_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJlc3Rlcmx1bmR0cm95QHlhaG9vLmNvbSIsICJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIksydlhBeSJ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sayer Ji reports on a new NPR investigation which reveals that despite $660 million in federal spending to set up 30+ field hospitals for the anticipated catastrophic case load from COVID-19, most of the emergency field hospitals had ZERO patients.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The implications of this NPR report are profound, revealing that the dominant mainstream narrative about COVID-19&#8217;s catastrophic burden on the US healthcare system never materialized.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/05\/07\/851712311\/u-s-field-hospitals-stand-down-most-without-treating-any-covid-19-patients\">As reported<\/a>\u00a0on May 7th, 2020,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;As hospitals were overrun by coronavirus patients in other parts of the world, the Army Corps of Engineers mobilized in the U.S., hiring private contractors to build emergency field hospitals around the country.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The endeavor cost more than $660 million, according to an NPR analysis of federal spending records.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But nearly four months into the pandemic, most of these facilities haven&#8217;t treated a single patient.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The statistics reveal a striking contrast between the official narrative of hospitals overrun with patients and bodies piling up and the reality of how overblown the crisis was from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen20Shot202020-05-2320at2010_37_3520AM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GreenMedInfo.com https:\/\/www.greenmedinfo.com\/blog\/npr-660-million-spent-30-us-field-hospitals-most-without-treating-any-covid-19-pa?utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter%3A Will COVID-19 Public Policies Split Up Families%3F (RUVPVY)&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Daily Newsletter&amp;_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJlc3Rlcmx1bmR0cm95QHlhaG9vLmNvbSIsICJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIksydlhBeSJ9 Sayer Ji reports on a new NPR investigation which reveals that despite $660 million in federal spending to set up 30+ field hospitals for the anticipated catastrophic case load from COVID-19, most of the emergency field hospitals had ZERO patients.\u00a0 The implications of &hellip; 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