Hospitals are getting overwhelmed because of the panic...
I don't agree. Hospitals are getting overwhelmed because of the virus.
If you look again at that
facebook video from Italy, where staff are interviewed and cameras film the wards... those patients aren't just "rocking up" with casual symptoms... they are on the verge of death, many of them unable to get enough oxygen into their blood without help.
This isn't a 'pretend' illness - it's highly contagious, it's deadly.
Hospitals here are in grave danger of being overwhelmed by the virus too, if people keep playing down the virus. Then people won't bother to distance from each other, and they'll spread the disease to more people.
Why do you think so many countries are 'locking down' and calling for distancing? Why do you think so many governments are taking a huge financial hit which will lead to recession? I'd seriously like to know why you think they are, if it's only like seasonal flu. Are we talking conspiracy here? Or all these world leaders, and their resources, and advice... they've all got it wrong?
This is a crisis. It needs practical actions, and support for healthcare staff, and a collective recognition that this is far different in scale to 'flu'.
The equation is pretty simple: let people all socialise as usual = 100,000s more people will die.
And no, they would not all have died anyway. Most would have lived years longer. If people are selfish they will steal those years from them.