President Trump calls Columbia University report that predicted there would have been fewer US deaths with earlier social distancing a 'political hit job.'
From CNN’s Amanda Watts and Rebecca Grandahl
Albany was hit early by the virus. Akers described the scene at her hospital as it was overrun with coronavirus cases in March to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. It wasn’t until March 10, that the hospital was informed they had treated a positive coronavirus case, she said.“What PPE we had stockpiled to last six months, lasted one week. We were - still are - forced to make that supply stretch. This time took a toll on all of us,” Akers said.
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