The USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms and a full medical staff,

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The USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms and a full medical staff, is scheduled to arrive in New York City on Monday, and crews on the West Side pier have been preparing over the weekend for its arrival.

Several city agencies have worked together to deepen the area in which the hospital ship can come in to dock.

NYC pier prepares for USNS Comfort's arrival in coronavirus fight

 

[Jesse Johnson]

NYC pier prepares for USNS Comfort's arrival in coronavirus fight

I'm always open to the possibility of being wrong (especially in this case) and I'm sure the decks are swabbed meticulously, but it'll probably take a miracle to keep that virus off of that ship. It might be a good idea for some folks to pray toward that end.