> And yet there is scant evidence hospitals ever were at risk. My parents' friend had to delay a surgery after a heart attack in Minneapolis this winter becaus

> And yet there is scant evidence hospitals ever were at risk. My parents' friend had to delay a surgery after a heart attack in Minneapolis this winter because so many places were booked. I heard similar issues in New Hampshire. Nobody seemed to talk about it at that point, maybe because it's hard to quantify "strain" or exactly how many people died or otherwise suffered as a result.