[helterskelter]

I'm fine with idiots blowing their own hands off, I just worry about wildfires.

[igleria]

that is until you can't have a hospital bed due to those idiots.

[_heimdall]

Is that the line for regulations you're okay with holding on to? If so you better start regulating how many beds each hospital has as well, if bed demand is the bar you must control bed supply.

[master-lincoln]

of course in Germany hospital bed supplies are regulated by the local states via LKHG law

[_heimdall]

We were talking about the US here though. Its very different when the government already effectively controls healthcare as a whole, of course they would control or have a large say in hospital bed numbers, for example.

For better or worse the US healthcare system is largely private. If the government isn't running the hospitals or directly paying for all care they shouldn't be stipulating quotas for access to various kinds of care.

[rbanffy]

As is any rationally run state.

[_heimdall]

Is your point that the only rational model includes the government having fill control over healthcare and the medical industry?

[rbanffy]

Yes. I am.

Government is democratically elected by the people, therefore, they are the ones that can make decisions for the people.

[dessimus]

We couldn't get people to wear masks to reduce the spread and help keep beds open for all the other typical needs, why would they let harm from fireworks impede them?

[account42]

That has more to do with hospitals hyper-optimizing for profit. And a regular demand actually improves the situation here.

[fweimer]

It's still bad for emergency services if everyone does it on the same day.

[rbanffy]

They’ll just run triage and tend to people who are easier to fix first and leave the more suicidal ones for later.