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One of the few positives to emerge from the COVID-19 global pandemic has been the rapid , wholescale mobilisation of field hospitals – even if , in many instances , demand for their services has been low ( one $ 21 million facility in New York closed without registering a patient and London ’ s Nightingale was similarly quiet ). Nonetheless , they may prove invaluable should public health services become strained in the coming winter , or the prevalence of the virus persists into 2021 . The US , grappling with more than 7 million cases , including a President falling ill during an election campaign , has had to be versatile in its ongoing battle against COVID-19 – drawing on college dorms , hotels , convention centers and stadia , as well as erecting tents for small scale operations . One of the fastest installations was the conversion of a 350,000 square foot convention center in Detroit , which took nine days . AUTUMN / WINTER 2020