Coronavirus patients could soon isolate in style: Taxpayer-subsidized rooms at Florida hotels, including the luxurious Fontainebleau Miami Beach
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“We have already been in contact with major hotel groups as well as local hotels, and we’re being contacted by major hotel chains offering to house first responders and potentially to be isolation centers — that’s including big hotels like the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach,” said Jared Moskowitz, Florida’s director of emergency management.
Dr. Aileen Marty, a Florida International University pandemic and infectious disease expert, said President Donald Trump — himself a hotel entrepreneur — needs to use his executive authority to order hotels to open their doors to patients. Marty said the hotel rooms probably couldn’t be used for intensive care units because they require rooms with specialized pressure settings.
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