(from another post) >To me, beyond what it is capable of handling - means that the system gets damaged - not the people that it is treating I think your defini

(from another post) >To me, beyond what it is capable of handling - means that the system gets damaged - not the people that it is treating I think your definition of "what they are capable of handling" (for some reason I can't reply to your other clarification of this definition) isn't one that many people would think is a good one. It may be technically correct in some domain, but this isn't it. Healthcare systems are there to provide healthcare for people, and if they can't do that (as in this situation) then they are incapable of handling it. In addition (in the UK at least, can't speak for anywhere else), this has led to not only ICU capacity being exceeded, but also routine healthcare being diminished - either because of people being unable to visit a hospital, or unwilling to do so.