New York ambulances say coronavirus means they’re as busy as 9/11

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New York ambulances say coronavirus means they’re as busy as 9/11
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Emergency medical workers are making life-or-death decisions about who is sick enough to take to crowded emergency rooms and who appears well enough to leave behind

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