At the time planning for the field hospital at TCF Center was going on, there was a very vocal concern among hospital administrators that they would be overwhelmed and needed relief. There was no clear idea about when numbers would plateau, let alone drop.

Had nothing been built and the hospital been needed, there would have been an outcry that not enough was done. I would rather we be over prepared and not need it, than be under prepared and have even more chaos.

It's easy to be an armchair quarterback sitting behind a keyboard. It's not easy to be a quarterback without a playbook for this kind of situation. I feel like our local, regional, and state officials did a respectable job forging partnerships and communicating plans to take care of as many patients as possible and protect the general population as much as possible. Was it perfect? No. Was it effective? absolutely.