Personally I would have thought they could just pitch 5,000 tents to use as hospital rooms, and use distance as the isolating factor.
I cut and paste on what happens to sick patient's body temperature..
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When your body temperature rises because of an infection, it's called a
fever. Fevers are caused by chemicals called
pyrogens flowing in the
bloodstream. Pyrogens make their way to the
hypothalamus in the brain, which is in charge of regulating body temperature. When pyrogens bind to certain receptors in the hypothalamus, body temperature rises.
One common pyrogen is called
Interleukin-1 (IL-1).
IL-1 is produced by white blood cells called
macrophages when they come into contact with certain
bacteria and
viruses. IL-1 has multiple purposes, one of which is to signal other white blood cells, called
helper T cells, into action.
One purpose of a fever is thought to be to raise the body's temperature enough to kill off certain bacteria and viruses sensitive to temperature changes. One interesting debate right now, therefore, is, "Should you lower a fever?"
Aspirin, for example, will reduce fever; but if the fever is actually helping rid the body of infection, then lowering it might not be a good idea. On the other hand, people sometimes die from fever. Right now the general medical consensus falls on the "reduce the fever" side of the fence.
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You need a controlled environment to help a sick patient that has a virus. You do not want to force a sick patient to generate body heat to keep himself/herself warm when he or she is using all their energy to fight the virus. A hospital has central heat and air conditioning which can be easily regulated in the patient's room. The temperature and humility is a Tent is much harder to regulate.
(I can think of many reasons that is not going to work out well).
