[BostonCard]

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862018484...c-like-cov

Just brutal.

"If that rule had gone into effect, then every hospital, every nursing home would essentially have to have a plan where they made sure they had enough respirators and they were prepared for this sort of pandemic," said David Michaels, who at the time served as head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

While I am sympathetic to avoiding overregulation, sometimes the benefits of regulation aren't visible until it is too late.  Of course, hospitals and nursing homes should have been ready for something like this regulation or not, but there are a lot of strong incentives (mostly monetary) to minimize in this sort of "just in case" preparedness.

BC

[BostonCard]

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862018484...c-like-cov

Just brutal.

"If that rule had gone into effect, then every hospital, every nursing home would essentially have to have a plan where they made sure they had enough respirators and they were prepared for this sort of pandemic," said David Michaels, who at the time served as head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

While I am sympathetic to avoiding overregulation, sometimes the benefits of regulation aren't visible until it is too late.  Of course, hospitals and nursing homes should have been ready for something like this regulation or not, but there are a lot of strong incentives (mostly monetary) to minimize in this sort of "just in case" preparedness.

BC