It would not be at all surprising if hospitals in a socialized medicine system fare worse in the present situation.
The question I am trying to answer is whether or not this whole COVID-19 pandemic (and surrounding circumstances) is a hoax – and I have not made up my mind.
It seems to me if hospitals (anywhere) get overwhelmed to the point where triage decisions must be made and patients (who could been saved) are allowed to die due to inadequate resources, then this SARS-CoV-2 bug really is worse than a typical flu. Unfortunately it seems like overwhelm HAS been happening in Italy, if news reports are to be believed.