Instead of saving our healthcare system, lockdown appears to be rapidly crippling our overall healthcare institutions.

Anywhere non COVID-19 getting crushed. 0 revenue.

Private practices shuttering. Many hospitals empty. 90+% procedures canceled. Law of unintended consequences.

On March 18 the federal govt recommended all "elective surgeries, non-essential medical, surgical, & dental procedures be delayed during the 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak."

States sprung into action & mandated this change. Bad policy has consequences. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-releases-recommendations-adult-elective-surgeries-non-essential-medical-surgical-and-dental

This site is keeping track of the sweeping mandates states are imposing on their healthcare systems. The media isn't covering this at all https://www.ascassociation.org/asca/resourcecenter/latestnewsresourcecenter/covid-19/covid-19-state

Revealing in that some will point to private practice being crippled as a reason to push single payer https://twitter.com/deadabovethelip/status/1245350602776821767?s=20

Sean has the receipts. Please see his thread. The cure is itself a disease. https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1245363910703820800?s=20