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by nradov 1623 days ago
In prior years hospitals were routinely overloaded during the winter by influenza and other respiratory viruses.

https://youtu.be/GklHGYY8vN8

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Yes, but this is worse and global. Again, I’m talking about the current problem, not saying that we shouldn’t take precautions for the flu — we should be doing easy precautionary measures like mask mandates anytime things are getting overloaded, including improving capacity. The American health system being designed for profit maximization means we have less resilience even under non-pandemic conditions.