> Frankly, the idea that this response was needed because COVID patients would overwhelm the hospital system is a bit of a reach. It is hard for me to imagine

> Frankly, the idea that this response was needed because COVID patients would overwhelm the hospital system is a bit of a reach. It is hard for me to imagine that anyone with internet access could be so profoundly ignorant, but there were actually bodies being stored in refrigerator trucks [1] and critically ill patients housed in tents [2] in many parts of the world before vaccines became widely available. It's not a reach, it was the actual situation on the ground for months. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/us/new-york-coronavirus-victims-refrigerated-trucks/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/us/new-york-coronavirus-victi... [2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9082631/California-stacking-COVID-patients-hospital-hallways-gift-shops-tents-amid-surge.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9082631/California-...