Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Nautilus]

Ka-pi96 said:

Nautilus said:

Didn't you read my previous post where I specifically say that around 9 million people die of hunger related problems every year around the world?Or is that irrelevant?

And economy affect much more than just hunger.People without money can't have proper health care, which leads to death due to other diseases.

Just remember that you were the one complaining about people focusing on the US rather than the world...

You only need money to access healthcare in the red countries, so in the vast majority of the world that statement is simply false.

Since when free healthcare means that you will get treatment?I have relatives in Austria, and they said that a few years ago they didn't need a health plan because the public system was just fine.But with the overload of the system because of all the immigrants caused the system to slow down, to the point that it was taking 3 full months to just perform a test.Then they switched to a paid health care system, and they have been happy ever since.

Same applies for Brazil.Believe me, the health system, while good, is simply overloaded and it takes months to do simple tests.If you have something serious, and have no money to pay for a private helath care, you are dead.

So my point is: Having Public Healthcare is different from being able to use it.