COVID-19: state failure is our misery and their jackpot

摘要

A research paper this month shows the effect of COVID-19 on health services in Scotland.1 The result was profound disruption with an impact on non-covid deaths and illness. It is important to begin here because failure to control the pandemic harms health from both direct and indirect causes. Health services are overwhelmed. People die early. Indeed, preventing premature deaths is an important global indicator of health service performance.