You could think about the opposite way: it's good that Netflix was using so much bandwidth because it encouraged network upgrades. Now, when we need to use this capacity for something else, Netflix can flip a switch and it's available. Excess usage for luxuries like 4k video in good times is a way of preparing for bad times.
Ideally we would treat hospital capacity the same way. In good times, everyone gets a private room.
The difference being that networks and Netflix servers don't cost a lot of money or take up space when they're idling, and/or they can sell the capacity and switch rapidly when they need it, whereas hospital capacity does.
I mean I'm all for having excess hospital capacity (and excess capacity for a lot of things), but at the same time who is going to pay for it?
This has been the problem before cloud computing; companies had to set up servers and the like for the worst case peak capacity workload, meaning that usually they'd only be operating at 10-20% of capacity.
Yeah, I think it would have to be used as a way to get people to pay extra. Like, some private rooms are available for an extra charge, but when the crisis hits, they aren't available anymore?
Ideally we would treat hospital capacity the same way. In good times, everyone gets a private room.