Yeah, definitely going to be lots of bodies. It's not being helped by the fact that, at this point, people who have no clue what this pandemic is really meaning for everyone are running the show, and they think what's actually a proper response isn't nearly the best option, that we should be willing to put our health (and our friends' and family's health) on the line instead of our economics, and ignoring that, if it's really as bad as it's showing, that the economic damage is coming for us regardless at this point, it's a matter of when and where we're taking that particular hit on the chin, and when we take it is going to have an effect on what it does to our health system and health care costs over the next five to ten years, if not longer. There's going to be serious casualties among the health care providers at this point, and then there's going to be the ones that completely and totally burn out and leave the industry when the crisis is finally over, especially if they have to start making hard choices about who lives and who dies when it gets desperate.
The only reason (literally the only one) I voted against creating a single payer option the last time one was presented in Colorado is that it looked like they were going to enshrine the whole structure of it into the state Constitution instead of just the "Colorado gets to run a single payer health system" - basically the entire way it was going to be run was going to require voters at the polls again to tweak it if there were any issues with it. I may be much more likely to vote for it the next time, even with that sort of problem attached, because it's definitely quite clear that we won't ever get it from the Federal level.
I'm also worried about what happens if they can't find a way to vaccinate, never mind the realistic "we now have a vaccine" timetable and the risks that come when they try to fast track a vaccine in an effort to end this sooner. That means more people dying of illnesses we've been able to treat before - cancer patients having to decide to forgo chemotherapy because they can't afford to be immunocompromised and the newly increased risk of infection meaning they won't get any additional years even with chemotherapy anyway.
The only reason (literally the only one) I voted against creating a single payer option the last time one was presented in Colorado is that it looked like they were going to enshrine the whole structure of it into the state Constitution instead of just the "Colorado gets to run a single payer health system" - basically the entire way it was going to be run was going to require voters at the polls again to tweak it if there were any issues with it. I may be much more likely to vote for it the next time, even with that sort of problem attached, because it's definitely quite clear that we won't ever get it from the Federal level.
I'm also worried about what happens if they can't find a way to vaccinate, never mind the realistic "we now have a vaccine" timetable and the risks that come when they try to fast track a vaccine in an effort to end this sooner. That means more people dying of illnesses we've been able to treat before - cancer patients having to decide to forgo chemotherapy because they can't afford to be immunocompromised and the newly increased risk of infection meaning they won't get any additional years even with chemotherapy anyway.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor