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> I'd say the answer to that should be determined by the hospital capacity. If a region has sufficient hospital capacity that it would not be overwhelmed by the
by thatfrenchguy 5y ago
> I'd say the answer to that should be determined by the hospital capacity. If a region has sufficient hospital capacity that it would not be overwhelmed by the increase in COVID cases among the unvaccinated go ahead and lift most restrictions.
You forget the second order effect here: the more unvaccinated people hospitals have to treat, the more likely their nurses and doctors are to quit, even if "the hospital is not overloaded". The more likely they are to quit, the more likely people are to die of other preventable causes in the future (because once they're burned and quit, they're not coming back).
- CWuestefeld 5y agoThe exact operation of this effect isn't clear, I think. If we could wave a magic wand and make it all immediately end, that would be preferable. But that's not going to happen. That leaves us with two choices. We can let it drag on and on, or we can tear off the bandaid quicker. It's not clear to me which of those two is worse for the healthcare professionals you're talking about.