Everything you just said is true, but it could also be simultaneously true that most of the drop was due to covid. The two are related in fact- structuring you

Everything you just said is true, but it could also be simultaneously true that most of the drop was due to covid. The two are related in fact- structuring your whole health care system to maximize profit no matter what the side effects might be makes it brittle in the face of a pandemic. Basically I'm saying that my statement, and your statement, are not contradictory but rather two sides of the same coin.