Yeah I agree that I should have chosen my words more carefully. It wasn't isolation that prevented people from getting medical treatment (you definitely could,

Yeah I agree that I should have chosen my words more carefully. It wasn't isolation that prevented people from getting medical treatment (you definitely could, and people did), but many related reasons: fear of contagion, a desire not to burden the front line people, lack of access (public transport restrictions), procedural changes (not allowed to have someone with you), etc. So I don't think the current situation is a result of iso but rather a result of Covid, and the fact that we are no longer fearful of it.