My wife's a respiratory therapist and she went through a similar experience. We have to remember though that the medical systems of parts of both China and Ital

My wife's a respiratory therapist and she went through a similar experience. We have to remember though that the medical systems of parts of both China and Italy were overrun, leading to a spike in deaths because they couldn't get care, and we had no idea if it would happen in the US. Our goal with the lockdowns and everything else was to lower the maximum number of people in the hospital at any one time. Well the other end of that was to maximize hospital capacity. That necessitated maximizing labor and minimizing waste of things like masks which experienced global shortages. Note too that covid workers were highly compensated for their work, at least where I live. Our annual income doubled last year because of her work in the covid units. The issue isn't a financial one, but from dealing first-hand with so much death, suffering, and stress on a daily basis.