It's occurred to me more than once that the Covid debacle could be used as a means to enable states to cut medical budgets, and free up all the resources currently going that way. First, give the medical system everything it wants (This isn't the first time they wigged out over a bad flu; anyone else remember the Swine Flu Panic of 2009?); then when it falls apart, pivot, and take advantage of the complete breakdown in public trust in the medical system to shred it. This might not even have been intentionally planned this way; but it does seem like a plausible outcome at this point...