Well it would have been, and still might. Aren't they banning over 65s with Covid from ICU somewhere or was that bullshit? Anyway, it looks like the health system in NSW is struggling right now:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01...aff-protest-over-excessive-overtime/100763994
Here in WA we don't have anything like the capacity you have in NSW. We are not looking forward to the borders opening. I have a mate who is a nurse and he reckons the hospitals here won't cope.
But also, it was a recurring theme because the media loves high drama, and also because political opportunists saw it as an opportunity to stick the boot into various Federal and state governments. You'd think eventually people will stop blaming government and just realise it's bad luck. Case in point is the US, where Covid used to be Trump's fault but now is nobody's fault, according to the media.