The irony is that the staff shortages are further amplifying the shortages, as stressed out staff is leaving the field and youngsters want to avoid this profession when they hear about the stress of dealing with the shortages.
It's like the rolling snowball effect.
The obvious solution is to pay staff much more, but with what money? We can't print anymore cheap money as we're already in an inflationary environment and we can't raise taxes any further as people already pay enough taxes and we've already committed more money to the military after the Russian invasion. Politicians are in a pickle.
"As COVID raged in New York hospitals, executives pocketed $73M in bonuses"
Found the money.