The Mistakes New York Made

<p>A New York Times investigation found that surviving the coronavirus in New York had a lot to do with which hospital a person went to. Our investigative reporter Brian M. Rosenthal pulls back the curtain on inequality and the pandemic in the city.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/brian-m-rosenthal?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Brian M. Rosenthal</a>, an investigative reporter on the Metro Desk of The New York Times.</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>At the peak of New York’s pandemic, patients at some community hospitals were<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/nyregion/Coronavirus-hospitals.html" target="_blank"> three times more likely to die</a> than were patients at medical centers in the wealthiest parts of the city.</li><li>The story of a $52 million<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/nyregion/coronavirus-hospital-usta-queens.html" target="_blank"> temporary care facility in New York</a> illustrates the missteps made at every level of government in the race to create more hospital capacity.</li></ul>