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And what about all the patients seeking help over something NOT the COVID?

They are not treated. There are not enough doctors or resources for anything else. That is what people don't seem to get. It isn't just CV19, it is all the other stuff. Get pneumonia? Well there aren't any respirators for you. Having a baby? Good luck. The OBGYN is trying to safe an intabated man. Car accident? Sorry, no ambulances to get you. The medical system is crashing. No one is picking up the dead yet. This is why the US is clamping down so hard. We have to flatten the curve, or a whole lot of people are going to die. Unfortunately, that means some very hard choices will be made soon.

But that is my whole point. Why is it that COVID gets A#1 priority? Besides being “new”?

I’m not seeing the dire consequences overall, so why should they be prioritized over other true emergencies of immediate danger?

74 posted on 03/12/2020 8:44:14 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)