> And reports are coming in of lack supply scarcity. We are now well over a year into this pandemic. The original justification for the lockdowns in the US was

> And reports are coming in of lack supply scarcity. We are now well over a year into this pandemic. The original justification for the lockdowns in the US was "15 days to slow the spread," i.e. that we would self quarantine to buy time to add ICU capacity, secure PPE and supplies for hospitals, etc. Instead ICU capacity was kept flat and economy-wide hospital staff were reduced and we were told "nope, keep doing this until we have a vaccine." Is there a single country in the world that has actually beefed up ICU capacity and secured basic supplies like oxygen for itself?