Commentary: Predicting a Changing Future

Abstract

of disease waves that varied within each institution and each wave both from the changing nature of the disease but also from knowledge gained from previous waves and better preparation using this knowledge. If we spread these differences across the nation, we can see the formidable challenge the authors took on. The issue of recovery time is more difficult as additional unexpected factors have arisen. We have lost OR nurses, ICU nurses and research personnel at a high rate and replacing them has proven extraordinarily difficult. How the “great resignation” will ultimately impact recovery time is difficult to say.