I know someone who needed to get emergency surgery for cancer, and after 2 days in the NY hospital came down with a cough. They should have cancelled all emergency surgeries.
Not to light a fire under those who believe all COVID deaths were really murderous doctors and nurses (!?), but in fact it is estimated that accidental deaths in hospitals due to errors or otherwise is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US.
Amos Tversky used to say that going to a doctor from the 17th century until the 19th century was a losing proposition, as it greatly increased your likelihood of dying. In the 19th century, it became a break even proposition. I think we can agree that at this point it’s a net positive but indeed too many die due to human error or avoidable disease transmission.
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