Why the Health Care You Remember Isn’t Coming Back
Covid wasn’t a blip; it changed the landscape of health care for the foreseeable future
Nietzcshe famously proclaimed that “that which does not kill you makes you stronger,” but we all know that isn’t necessarily true. It’s equally possible for a car accident that doesn’t kill you to leave you a paraplegic, or for the psychological effects of severe trauma to impede you ever after. When we get hurt, our bodies try to heal themselves. Centuries of medical advancements have added ever more remarkable ways to advance that goal, but there will always be limits.
We do the best we can. Sometimes circumstances force radically new definitions of what wellness means upon us, and we have no choice but to adapt.
The pandemic obviously dealt significant wounds to health care systems in country after country. We hoped fervently for a return to ‘normal,’ because that’s human nature, but when the dust clears, what is is what is. At this point, we are starting to get a clearer picture of whether the last couple of years have merely wounded our health care, or crippled it.
The prognosis isn’t good.
