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>> when masks and gloves become scarce

Already there... At least in Germany.

interesting idea. Will never happen.

There is nothing called a controlled infection outside of a vaccine. As we saw in Wuhan, several youngish doctors and medical staff died as well. When some of the "controlled infections" turn severe, now you have to take care of them as well(probably with a higher priority since they volunteered for the good of the community), which adds to the burden.

Well, there is. You infect them and keep them isolated until they recover. If you do that before the problem becomes rampant, you will have more healthy doctors available. However, if the virus mutates significantly, they may just get sick again.

It's possible, but probably not ethical.

If the estimate is 60% to 70% of the county will get the disease you could assume every frontline health care person will get infected especially due to the proximity to the disease. You're just controlling when they get infected.