To be clear, the vaccine mandates for healthcare staff had little to no impact on actual care. Very few professionals were unvaxxed and even fewer left/were dismissed as a result of not vaxxing (i.e. they got vaxxed). The staffing is low because providers are leaving or have left the field due to horrid conditions. However, the real issue here is that the bed count didn’t go down just because there was no one to cover… Hospitals in many places are simply being inundated with patients (mostly unvaxxed).