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“Healthcare is only as good as it is AVAILABLE. Many hospitals in Atlanta are already close to full with flu and other cases. My son at Grady today said they have triage tents outside. I would guess even 1000 patients would overwhelm the system.”

That is very true. I was even at Grady once, over 40 years ago. I had gotten a splinter in my eye while at 6 Flags that day, and I recall having waiting for HOURS in a very crowded ER waiting room to be seen. Our system will (not may, WILL) get overwhelmed quickly. It isn’t built for massive numbers of really sick people at the same time. You can’t just mint new doctors and nurses as you need them.

73 posted on 02/03/2020 6:34:53 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)

Exactly. And I don’t know about other states but in Georgia we lost a ton of healthcare personnel because of Obamacare, lots of wonderful experienced doctors and nurses decided to retire or not take on new patients. I used to be able to get in to see a family dr the same day and get necessary tests or scans that week. Now it’s months. I had to reschedule an appointment the other day and the next available is June.

IMO, healthcare is not ready for this.