[Giornito]

I expect similar issues at a grander scale to occur in the US if things get to the same level as we see in my home Italy.

[duxup]

I'm not sure an IT attack is a sure fire thing that goes along with healthcare use.

[_jal]

Not the GP, but I think they were getting at US facilities being a somewhat more attractive target than Italy's. This is due to both political reasons and simply having more healthcare targets to go after.

[khafra]

If it's not just utterly sociopathic organized crime, it could be one of the many, many people whose loved ones had to be taken off life support because of insufficient medical supplies and personnel.

I can't imagine that most people would respond this way, but it only takes one or two unreasonably angry people with the right skillset.