I had made allusions to this in another tweet; but so much of healthcare problems that are going to be faced as a result of this pandemic come down to chronic manpower shortages.
https://twitter.com/Arrianna_Planey/status/1475569994020921346
https://twitter.com/johanstrauss90/status/1345833140171001860
This remains true in the practice *of* statecraft. Hospitals need nurses, industrial networks require truckers/ train engineers, etc.. The pandemic has and will continue to wear down on essential networks of supplies, but also on workers who maintain them
How many workers are worn down and leave their jobs after relentless strain and stress without respite? How many die? How many become crippled from the virus? How many retire? These are all concerns that matter when running a state in crisis
A demonstrable weakness of this system is that it is more profitable to have workers who cycle in and out in order to keep costs low, than it is to maintain an adequate staff list. This inevitably leads to problems in crisis. Which is why a strong state sector is essential
The capacity of the Chinese, Cuban, Vietnamese, etc... states to marshal their strong state sectors to coordinate a pandemic response and to ensure the needs of the people were met was essential towards securing victory against the virus
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