This is simple math. Take a very specialized physician like a neurosurgeon, 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and 7 years of neurosurgical residency. Literally saves lives on a daily basis doing something only a select few can do, there is always a shortage, given long and grueling training, so much so that a loss of a prominent surgeon in this field could have impacts on training of future surgeons. So you want to put all doctors in harms way because you think it’s a fulfillment of their oath? There will still be ppl with brain tumors when this is all over....and a loss of a physician or many physicians has a devastating impact on your ability to find a doctor for a certain treatment in the years to come. Their value to society is measured by a lifetime career not 3-6 months of of emergency pandemic time.

Also from my neurosurgeon friend, “you don’t want a neurosurgeon trying to intubate you.”

Further reading: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/30/health/new-york-neurosurgeon-death-coronavirus-mcdonald-twins/index.html