If only St. Johns Hospital were still a hospital

NY Post

Scores of people standing in line to be tested for the coronavirus Monday were seen violating “social distancing” guidelines as they huddled together in the cold rain outside Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.

As many as 152 people were lined up at one point, with some so close together that their umbrellas overlapped — violating the six-foot rule advised by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
Cops wearing thin paper face masks kept control while a hospital worker — wearing a yellow plastic gown open in the back, a blue hairnet and a face mask behind a clear plastic face shield — questioned each person about their symptoms before directing them to a tent where the tests were administered.

Mayor Bill de Blasio told 1010 WINS on Monday morning that Elmhurst “has had an extraordinary amount of activity and that’s in part because there’s 2.3 million people in Queens and fewer hospitals proportionately.”