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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by abirch on Saturday May 27, 2023 @05:57PM (#36098760)
The difficult thing for the USA is that we treat healthcare as a profit center. This leads to focusing on efficiencies instead of extra capacity. You don't want extra beds, unless you have a pandemic. There aren't hospital beds as a services.
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by disgruntledphd2 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:44AM (#36103945)
If you have government funded healthcare, you only want enough capacity for average needs because otherwise you're wasting taxpayer money.
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by scarface_74 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @03:04PM (#36106788)
Now use that same argument about military spending…
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by Izkata on Sunday May 28, 2023 @06:08PM (#36108257)
Except we actually did make that extra capacity in several parts of the country in March 2020, those extra beds went almost entirely unused, were quietly disassembled in April 2020, and everyone forgot they existed.
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