A Flood of COVID-19 Patients Could Swamp Hospitals

Eric Toner, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Health Security, Baltimore.

Tom Frieden, MD, president and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives, New York City.

Jennifer Kertanis, President-Elect, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.

Bruce Aylward, MD, assistant director-general, World Health Organization, Geneva.

Marybeth Sexton, MD, infectious disease specialist, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Catherine Kennedy, RN, vice president, National Nurses United.

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Center for Health Security: “What U.S. Hospitals Should Do Now to Prepare for a COVID-19 Pandemic,” Feb. 27, 2020.

National Nurses United: “Nations Hospitals Unprepared for COVID-19,” Feb. 28, 2020.