13 October

The health system, like most systems, is run at about 60-70% full capacity, to allow for the peaks and troughs that happen each year. Right now, globally, politicians are trying to run health systems at 100+% capacity, full-time, to try to fast-track their way out of the pandemic. Health care workers will burn out and/or resign, unless public health measures (which politicians have responsibility for) are used as well. That's what 'live with the virus' means, to a politician - let Covid spread, and let the health system mop up the damage.