NuXCOM_90Percent , 7 months ago

What’s more, low hospital bed capacity and staff levels were under-appreciated factors that contributed to the crisis, making it look worse than it was, he said.

I mean… isn’t that the big issue?

It isn’t that people are getting sick. It is that “too many” people are getting sick. Like, in a world with infinite ventilator beds and infinite medical professionals assigned to them, COVID would only have been a labor shortage.

The issue with a “tripledemic” is that it is multiple highly infectious viruses that target different demographics that very rapidly overwhelm healthcare. If there is less available healthcare then the amount of sick people doesn’t need to be as high. But it is still widespread death and “long covid” permanent injuries.

I have an academic background so I understand the importance for precision. But this is a perfect example of why the average scientist should never be allowed to talk to the news media.