When I see statements like this, especially now, I wonder what people mean by "the overwhelming of [healthcare]"
We shouldn't talk about healthcare being overwhelmed, we should talk about it being compromised or otherwise damaged, in a way that could have been avoided 1/?
We shouldn't talk about healthcare being overwhelmed, we should talk about it being compromised or otherwise damaged, in a way that could have been avoided 1/?
Healthcare is compromised when elective surgeries are canceled, when screening is canceled. It is compromised when we run low on ICU nurses because they are needed in too many places or because they are sick with a virus 2/?
It is compromised when campaigns against scourges like malaria, TB or polio are damaged because of an uncontrolled pandemic 3/?
Let alone all the other sources of morbidity and mortality that gain ground when we just decide to accept, rather than to work to reduce and minimize, infection and death 4/?
Setting 'collapse of the healthcare system' as to be avoided is not setting the most challenging of bars. And moreover, it's the sort of thing that can be claimed to have been achieved if the buildings are still standing even if the staff in them are unable to function 5/end
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