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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by Ekaros on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:34AM (#30036941)
Also accept the reality that hospitals being at capacity is the normal and not a anomaly. Just part of our hyper-optimized JIT economy. Near 100% utilization rate has been reality at flu-seasons for long time. And economically it is just not realistic in general to keep excess capacity.
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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:52AM (#30037682)
Yeah according to news headlines health care have been overwhelmed for as long as I can remember. Population increases as well. Obviously the solution is to increase capacity, not to ban dancing, lol
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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by catblathrow on Saturday January 22, 2022 @11:14AM (#30037905)
It's much easier to introduce restrictions than train medical staff in a week.

Also capacity has been increasing year on year for the past 100 years in the EU, USA and the UK . Faster than population actually.

Also there is cyclical and situational capacity management. For e.g.: flu waves, new year and now covid waves.

I only know about those regions

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