The Curve Is Not Flat Enough

Hospitals are poised to face the kind of life-and-death decisions that industrialized countries typically encounter only in times of war and natural disaster.

James Hamblin

March 28, 2020

An intensive-care unit for COVID-19 patients at an Italian hospitalAntonio Masiello / Getty

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