Yep and no one (notice the word no one) is saying close the country down and lock yourself away to stop Covid. We can’t stop it we need to live with it.
I do feel it could actually be better.
Easy in hindsight mate, they were flying blind.
It works brilliantly just not 100%
Something will change about self isolation before august 19 it’s got to
The graph in July is a little worse
Not sure what you mean these were the two I’ve seen. Vaccination has made everything possible but not without serious illness and death and risk. But we all agree on that
www.independent.co.uk
This is shaping up to be another fine mess from Lardy.
NHS summer crisis: Major hospital cancels all planned operations today and tomorrow
Cancer operations among those cancelled at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham
As Whitty indicated the alternative is to push this wave into autumn/winter where there is even less available beds. Or stay in lockdown for the next year ? They reckon due to last years lockdown and limited flu spread there could be 60k deaths
Just googled and found this...
IAct now or NHS could be overwhelmed this winter, report warns
Report commissioned by chief scientific adviser says Covid, flu and RSV could push health service to breaking pointwww.google.co.uk
This is obviously not just Johnson’s calls. There’s no easy way out of this mess. The current spread and hospitalisations have been accentuated by poor/slow take up of vaccine in certain ages and regions...maybe this is where people should be focussing more of their frustrations !
Edit - mentioned before, with hindsight I wouldn’t be surprised if they wish they’d allowed a greater gradual spread amongst certain age groups last summer, even without the vaccine
We’re in this mess right now for one reason only. Boris failed to put India on the red list soon enough. We could have been 4 weeks further into the vaccine program so he’s missed 2 opportunities to slow the spread of the delta variant. How many more people can be double dosed in 4 weeks?As Whitty indicated the alternative is to push this wave into autumn/winter where there is even less available beds. Or stay in lockdown for the next year ? They reckon due to last years lockdown and limited flu spread there could be 60k deaths
Just googled and found this...
IAct now or NHS could be overwhelmed this winter, report warns
Report commissioned by chief scientific adviser says Covid, flu and RSV could push health service to breaking point
This is obviously not just Johnson’s calls. There’s no easy way out of this mess. The current spread and hospitalisations have been accentuated by poor/slow take up of vaccine in certain ages and regions...maybe this is where people should be focussing more of their frustrations !
Edit - mentioned before, with hindsight I wouldn’t be surprised if they wish they’d allowed a greater gradual spread amongst certain age groups last summer, even without the vaccine
The vaccine is brilliant but no vaccine is every going to be 100% and we're now seeing fully vaccinated people in hospital and dying. Shouldn't it be a case of having the vaccine alongside at least minimal attempts to reduce transmission?
It isn't right. It'll reduce the probability of hospitalisation by 90%, from whatever percentage it was in the first place.
Yeah, the logic is enough people build up some immunity so the spread decreases, and those who catch it don't suffer so much anyway. What vaccines are doing is turbocharging that to an earlier stage than it would otherwise be. What we're currently doing is overlapping the two things in the hope it works with a sweet spot.
Somebody said (for better or worse as to how accurate, as I can't remember if the source was doctor or mentalist!) that the vaccine effectively chalks 30 years off your risk profile.
