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Lessons learned: Pentagon considers different response if second wave of coronavirus hits in the fall

By Jamie McIntyre
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Lessons learned: Pentagon considers different response if second wave of coronavirus hits in the fall

‘BIG LESSON LEARNED’: If there’s a second wave of coronavirus infections, the Pentagon would likely deploy more doctors and fewer hospitals to aid areas experiencing an outbreak.

Speaking to the Associated Press as he flew back from a trip to the Marine Corps recruit base at Parris Island, South Carolina, Defense Secretary Mark Esper noted that the pop-up hospitals constructed in New York and other hot spots were underused, with the military medical staff ultimately being shifted to local hospitals to relieve overworked staff. Likewise, the hospital ships Comfort and Mercy turned out to be largely unneeded.

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