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Re:Gov DeWine deploys National Guard to hospitals as COVID d... by BobbyJo on Sunday December 19, 2021 @08:29AM (#29613762)
The question then becomes 'who can afford care?'

If costs to go to a hospital double overnight, we may end up with worse problems than a staff shortage.

Re:Gov DeWine deploys National Guard to hospitals as COVID d... by lotsofpulp on Sunday December 19, 2021 @08:50AM (#29613915)
That was my underlying point. All of these problems are a problem of society’s willingness to spend x resources on y cause, and it should get very interesting as the population pyramid gets much older than ever before in the world’s history.

For example, I am not enthused at directing a lot of society’s resources at sustaining 80+ year olds while our kids are not well taken care. But that is a different topic.