COVID POLICY IS PUTTING HOSPITALS OUT OF BUSINESS AND CREATING GREAT INEQUITY IN TREATMENT AVAILABILITY

 

COVID POLICY IS PUTTING HOSPITALS OUT OF BUSINESS AND CREATING GREAT INEQUITY IN TREATMENT AVAILABILITY 

"For people with chronic health conditions or those in need of urgent medical treatment, the short- and long-term consequences of lockdown are disastrous. In the United States, cancer screenings fell by 86-94% in the spring. Many hospitals had to close due to lack of revenue from routine surgeries and procedures. Hospitals are expected to lose a total of $323 billion this year. 1.4 million hospital staff were laid off in April while private health insurance companies doubled their earnings. 

"In the absence of meaningful investments in healthcare infrastructure, the covid mitigation strategies being pushed by federal, state, and local governments are neither credible nor effective. Elected officials routinely amplify raw case numbers in order to stoke fear and blame individuals for viral spread. As a result, we are currently “saving lives” by killing people. This is not an unforced error or a good policy idea implemented poorly. It is an economic agenda disguised as a health protocol."