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The Mercy and other Navy hospital ships, once thought vital for the coronavirus crisis, see few patients

By Los Angeles Times  
   May 01, 2020

As coronavirus infections have slowed or fallen short of worst-case predictions, the globe is dotted with unused or barely used temporary hospitals. The Navy’s two hospital ships have been virtually unused. Mercy sits idle in Los Angeles, and Comfort left New York on Thursday after treating 182 patients.

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