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> 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.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/us/new-york-coronavirus-victi...

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




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