Hospitals Cancel Elective Surgeries Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Many hospitals around the country are canceling elective surgeries during the coronavirus outbreak at the recommendation of the U.S. surgeon general and American College of Surgeons.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Dr. David Hoyt, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, about qualifies as an elective surgery and why he thinks it's important to cancel them.