I guess this is a necessary step. The ICUs are packed and from a healthcare standpoint, the province is in crisis mode. Many 1 or 2 people rooms in the ICU are squeezing into 2 to 3. Many OR or recovery nurses are taking on the role of an ICU. If you know anything about being an ICU nurse, it's highly specialized and is not something you casually sub in for. Traumas, myocardial infarctions, strokes, surgical emergencies won't be able to get the care they need with no beds or nursing coverage. Non-ICU doctors are subbing into the ICU. They aren't doing this because of their interest in ICU as they're already specialized; they are doing this because they are stipulated to by their hospital and/or the goodness of their hearts. Good luck getting a central line or intubated by one of these non-ICU doctors lol.
Its easy when you're on Sherdog to paint doctors and politicians as wanting TV time, money and power, but honestly it wasn't Doug Ford, Trudeau or any public health doctor that caused this 3rd wave. It was the people of Ontario not adhering to public health advice. If you, yourself, advocate for taking off your mask or visiting friends in their homes, sure you may be lucky to only be mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic. But if that behaviour is done on a population level, it adds up. Eventually people get sick. And now its not the 80+ who are getting sick. Its the younger than 50 years crowd (some even in their 20s). Non-emergency but still necessary procedures and visits are being delayed because of this.
And yes it sucks the small business and many are being hurt by this financially. Lives are being ruined. Its just unfortunate that there is no other choice. The people of Ontario may not have caused this virus but they did play a big role in the 2nd and 3rd waves/lockdowns. People decided they'd rather congregate with their friends than protect small business and/or the lives of their neighbouts. They had the choice of protecting BOTH lives AND small busineses but decided they'd rather have one full lockdown after another.