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We had to lock down because of a shortage of hospital capacity. Instead of spending money to improve that in some meaningful way, we're just throwing it away.

We had to lock down because of a shortage of hospital capacity. Instead of spending money to improve that in some meaningful way, we're just throwing it away. Thanks, government.

dbt00 5y ago
Increasing hospital capacity costs a hell of a lot more than $5M.
arenaninja 5y ago
You think $5M will make a significant dent with regards to hospital capacity? It seems too small an amount for that end I also don't think this is about hospital capacity but about inching the state closer to herd immunity (assuming this is possible for COVID); to me it seems a smart investment but I suppose time will tell
- linuxftw 5y ago
  This is just one state. Count up all the money that's been spent on other 'awareness' propaganda, we could have built dozens of hospitals and provided scholarships for 100's of students.
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  - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
    Do you realize the irony in your comment? You are saying we should be building more hospital capacity instead of incentivizing people to get vaccinated. If people don't get vaccinated we will definitely be needing that capacity!
    - linuxftw 5y ago
      We're not locked down due to lack of vaccine, we're locked down due to hospital capacity.
      - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
        If everybody had the vaccine we would not be worried about hospital capacity Edit: Also what do you mean by locked down? Very few places are actually locked down. Where are you referring to?
nicoburns 5y ago
They're spending it to increase vaccine uptake, which directly contributes to lower utilization of available hospital capacity.
dguaraglia 5y ago
Would you have rather waited until hospital capacity was overwhelmed? Spikes in hospitalizations follow - like clockwork - spikes in contagion. By the time hospitals were overrun, that'd mean you'd be looking at another two or three weeks of ever-growing number of people who'd need to be hospitalized in a system that is already at capacity.
kube-system 5y ago
No amount of money will change what happened in the past. The #1 problem we face today is vaccine hesitancy.
Rapzid 5y ago
> We had to lock down because of a shortage of hospital capacity If we alleviated that bottleneck another would pop up at the crematorium.
myko 5y ago
Actually DeWine spent plenty preparing for the worst case scenario, including setting up overflow hospital beds for covid patients at the convention center in the capital city.

We had to lock down because of a shortage of hospital capacity. Instead of spending money to improve that in some meaningful way, we're just throwing it away. Thanks, government.

dbt00 5y ago

Increasing hospital capacity costs a hell of a lot more than $5M.

arenaninja 5y ago

You think $5M will make a significant dent with regards to hospital capacity? It seems too small an amount for that end I also don't think this is about hospital capacity but about inching the state closer to herd immunity (assuming this is possible for COVID); to me it seems a smart investment but I suppose time will tell

linuxftw 5y ago
This is just one state. Count up all the money that's been spent on other 'awareness' propaganda, we could have built dozens of hospitals and provided scholarships for 100's of students.
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- weird-eye-issue 5y ago
  Do you realize the irony in your comment? You are saying we should be building more hospital capacity instead of incentivizing people to get vaccinated. If people don't get vaccinated we will definitely be needing that capacity!
  - linuxftw 5y ago
    We're not locked down due to lack of vaccine, we're locked down due to hospital capacity.
    - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
      If everybody had the vaccine we would not be worried about hospital capacity Edit: Also what do you mean by locked down? Very few places are actually locked down. Where are you referring to?

nicoburns 5y ago

They're spending it to increase vaccine uptake, which directly contributes to lower utilization of available hospital capacity.

dguaraglia 5y ago

Would you have rather waited until hospital capacity was overwhelmed? Spikes in hospitalizations follow - like clockwork - spikes in contagion. By the time hospitals were overrun, that'd mean you'd be looking at another two or three weeks of ever-growing number of people who'd need to be hospitalized in a system that is already at capacity.

kube-system 5y ago

No amount of money will change what happened in the past. The #1 problem we face today is vaccine hesitancy.

Rapzid 5y ago

> We had to lock down because of a shortage of hospital capacity If we alleviated that bottleneck another would pop up at the crematorium.

myko 5y ago

Actually DeWine spent plenty preparing for the worst case scenario, including setting up overflow hospital beds for covid patients at the convention center in the capital city.