I dunno, maybe we'd have a public interest in maintaining hospital capacity. Actual article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/17/pediatric-bed-shortage-tripledemic-rsv-flu-covid/
Why parents are struggling to get hospital beds for kids with flu and RSV

Pediatric hospital beds are often empty and yield smaller reimbursements than adult care, making them targets for cost-cutting by hospitals.

The Washington Post
The article goes on to demonstrate a key factor, in my opinion, is every hospital and community care center attempting to self optimize to maximize profit and basically rely on someone else to provide the beds.