> 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.
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-victi...
[2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9082631/California-...