And death and poorer outcomes in other non-Covid health events because there was no care available. There have already been reports of people dying of bizarre things to die of in this era, like appendicitis.

Even discounting deaths, the overall quality of health of the population as a whole is reduced when you can't get care because the medical staff have all quit from burnout, there's just no room, or wait times are extensive and follow up goes out the window.

As a medical professional you have to accept that in emergency situations you have to triage. You have to let people go and people with more minor conditions have to wait to save the most lives. But, triage situations are supposed to be rare. They are not supposed to be the norm or become a lifestyle. When that happens, things eventually start to slip and people fall through the cracks. A constant state of emergency and triage is just not sustainable.