Anarchitecture

How does a quarantine affect public space? Why aren’t there enough ICU beds? Tim reflects on his experience designing hospitals to explain why the US healthcare infrastructure may be ill-equipped to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spoiler alert: It’s far from anything resembling a free market. This stress on the healthcare system has been used to justify unprecedented restrictions on the use of government-owned public space. How would private owners of public space manage infection risk in a stateless society? Use hashtag #ana029 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment View full show notes at https://anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana029. ----more---- Discussion Our recording schedule is a victim of daylight savings time Tim’s history with healthcare infrastructure Peak vs. average capacity Myopic medical experts Tradeoffs between deaths from the virus and deaths from economoc destruction Unique challenges of the COVID-19; patients on ventilators and ICU for weeks Three constraints Ro