I think flattening the curve allowed the medics to catch up and keep up with
the demand for their services and use of their facilities. Nobody was able
to come up with a plan to do this without damaging the economy. Politics
might have stood in the way of managing this pandemic better. And that's
very sad to even imagine.
I think that was oversold too for most of the country. New York was
pretty much the worst case scenario and the hospital ship we paid a
hundred million to send there went pretty much unused. As scary as the
headlines were Florida never ran out of hospital beds. Some particular
buildings may have been slammed but there were other beds available.
In most cases it wasn't even the beds they were short of, it was staff
because we typically send them up north in the summer or lay them off.
Our biggest hospital was still only about 40% covid patients when they
were approaching the staff limit. They just brought in more staff.
Its a lot easier to quarterback after the fact. Only the real quarterback is
held accountable.
A PINO like the last one would have left us in much worse shape do to his
lack of managerial skills.
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