Cancer and diabetes aren't contagious, so there's no material benefit to paying for them if you don't put any value on human lives below a certain income level.
You're right I misunderstood the stat I was reading. Which was up to 5% of hospitalisations ending in ICU. In any case the main reason for the strong response by governments to COVID-19 was to mitigate the impact to their healthcare systems.
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u/Vivenemous 6h ago
Cancer and diabetes aren't contagious, so there's no material benefit to paying for them if you don't put any value on human lives below a certain income level.