A sudden surge of infections will overwhelm the health services, number of available hospital beds, ICU units, and ventilators. This means that many more peopl

A sudden surge of infections will overwhelm the health services, number of available hospital beds, ICU units, and ventilators. This means that many more people will die that would have otherwise survived if the spread of the virus was slower and treatment was available. Unfortunately there are many who view the countless avoidable deaths of those who are older, have underlying conditions or otherwise could have benefited from proper treatment as an acceptable price to pay for a faster "economic recovery".