Life ain't binary.
We should panic in the UK.
Our healthcare system has been teetering on the edge for a long time.
It is the politicians, and people who justify their actions that are to blame. We can see some above.

There is one aspect of life generally, that becomes a driver of disaster in systems that can be overwhelmed, episodically.

That problem is use of the word redundancy to be perceived as excess, wasteful, unnecessary etc. Redundancy means insurance against unusual events. Capacity for natures variability.

Hospital beds apply in this context. They are there for your personal 'flu, not sitting idle. There used to be TB isolation hospitals, where are they now? We might need them!

Remember the London Ambulance Service computer system? "Tandem Computers" (clue in their name) quoted £11 million, winning quote £2 million. First few months it collapsed. Collapse & revamp - At what cost?