[michaniskin]

You edited your post, so I'll reply separately to the added content here.

The difference between the military and the healthcare system is that soldiers can't quit, but healthcare workers can.

Every single healthcare worker in America is working at that job because they prefer that job to all other alternative jobs available to them. This is trivially true because if they preferred another job they could quit and take that job.

Of course, we all have stress, and nobody likes their job, and everyone gripes and complains, and everyone's bosses are slave drivers, and everyone's customers are demanding. That's why it's a job and not a hobby.

I stand by my argument that most of the work of monitoring and caring for covid patients can be performed adequately by semi-skilled workers.