This is what happens when you chronically underfund health services, and devastate it by keeping it in crisis mode for almost 2 years by failing to control COVID-19. If there's no slack in the system, it has to come from somewhere. And that means inadequate care for someone.
https://twitter.com/SGriffin_Lab/status/1466309057166389252
This is all short-sighted, because ultimately primary care is central to treatment of most vulnerable people and those with chronic conditions. It's the first port of call for people. If you overwhelm it, the spill over will be to already overwhelmed emergency services.
It'll mean people aren't routinely monitored, may not get the routine care they need, and that means emergencies, unplanned hospitalisations, and ultimately poorer patient outcomes, because they're being treated when things get really bad, rather than routinely monitored.
Not only is this bad for people, but for those govt officials who care so much about the economy, it's terrible for the economy from may angles- ultimately increases healthcare costs longer term, leads to loss of workforce to poor health & loss of human capital as HCWs leave.
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