I'm saying it right the fuck now.
Healthcare staff need to go on strike, consequences be damned. Imagine how fucking fast Washington would have to act if several state hospitals suddenly had to shut down because of major staff strikes. They would have to IMMEDIATELY stop what they were doing and address the crisis. They would have to buckle down.
The alternative would be a worst case scenario that would be dangerous even for Washington, and it would especially piss off or scare the Administrators of these for-profit hospitals.
Strikes are extremely effective. The pro-corporate side of America doesn't want people to realize that, but they are. Corporations are scared to death of people using their right to protest unlivable conditions that endangered people's lives because it pressures the politicians to do something. Elections go on and on. Even regardless of elections, we know some would be shamed or shaken up outside in the public space.
I think it's never been more important that the healthcare staff send this message NOW before there is no one left to care for the sick. They deserve better.
https://reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/k9nizs/the_worst_disaster_in_us_history_is_about_to/
Everything rung up as an asprin until they need to order more supplies basically.
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It was extremely halfcocked, i'll admit.
My second comment sorta meant to illustrate supply lines would fall apart if a no-payment strike were to happen.
Basically, healthcare workers are gotten by the balls in this scenario because they don't want to refuse care, a strike would worsen the pandemic, and there's no responsible way to handle working conditions for healthcare workers without also hurting the living conditions of the patients. A strike should generally be a sacrifice by workers as a whole in order to hurt capital. In this case, the people needing care will literally be hurt and capital could mostly rebound.