>>It’s not a CoupFlu issue.
>>It’s a staffing issue.
Which doesn’t change the problem. Wether the ‘beds’ are 100% full, or 50% full, if you only have enough staff to work 33% of them, you have a problem - a crisis even.
My local hospital system currently has over 800 unfilled positions they are trying to hire for.
Except one problem is self-induced and the other is not.
If there is no bed space because of a surge in people needing medical care, there is little the hospital or the authorities can do except react.
On the other hand, the State of New York's largest private health care provider just fired 1,400 employees who refused the Covid shot, which was a requirement mandated by the state.
If New York does not currently have enough health care providers, the fault lies with the governor and nobody else; this crisis would be completely man-made.
(One of these two problems can literally be solved within hours.)