1) Yes I'm seriously asking this. And administratively delayed 'elective' surgeries are orthogonal to patients being turned away after presenting with illness.

1) Yes I'm seriously asking this. And administratively delayed 'elective' surgeries are orthogonal to patients being turned away after presenting with illness. I don't deny the former is happening, but it is not clear that it is related to capacity. 2) Yes you absolutely can; it has been done with great success many times in epidemics, including this one. Moreover, longer-term improvements to health care remain an imperative if indeed a completely predictable respiratory pathogen can so easily overwhelm capacity in marginalized communities.