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The numbers show COVID-19 could cripple Alabama’s hospitals

Published on March 22, 2020 at 12:20 am CDT

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Even in the best-case scenarios, we could run out of ICU beds. In the worst, thousands could be without a bed. Will this crisis cripple our hospitals?

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Chip Brownlee

  • Chip Brownlee is a former political reporter, online content manager and webmaster at the Alabama Political Reporter. He is now a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America.

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