Empty ICU beds, empty OR suites, etc. are money drains, not profit drivers. And the metrics aren't just occupied resources, it's also how fast they can turn those resources. How many patients they can push through those hospital beds, ICU wards, OR suites and fancy OB facilities. People who need medical services or they'll fucking die are simply metrics, numbers, profit drivers. The system is leaned out for maximum profit, like a goddamn potato chip factory. Thus, the inevitable epidemic of a deadly pathogen overwhelms the system. They knew this was coming. They simply chose, for financial reasons, not to prepare. Our system is obscene. And Covid-19 rips away the vale of "market driven medicine" to show how truly evil it is. It's ironic that no one expects our military to turn a profit every year. It's a necessary service for our public good they say. But whether our citizens live or die miserably? Oh, that' different. 
Wait until 2021 and 2022 for the gigantic wave of bankruptcies from medical bills for people who required acute care during this crises. This herculean effort by our healthcare system isn't being done for free or on the cheap. The legacy of Covid-19 will live well past the time we bring it under control.
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