So, i said i oppose government mandating what employers do. Then i observed that what we’ve done hasn’t worked very well, and speculated that mandates might actually help people with heart attacks get into emergency rooms. So I’m waffling. Fair enough.
Fwiw, i also “know” (not personally, but in a message board sort of way) a person who waited until Monday to get critical medical care for a dangerous infection because their local emergency room is full due to covid. That was weeks into a thread about this person’s medical issues, and it didn’t start or being about covid. It was just an ordinary personal thread that suddenly took a turn from “unpleasant medical problem” to “life threatening medical problem” this weekend.
So that does seem like a real problem, and one with some urgency.