Yesterday set the sort of record that no one wants to see, with 53,135 new cases of the virus in the UK. The hospitals are full, yet, even if the whole country now goes into severe lockdown, the number of admissions will continue to rise. Such is the entirely predictable - and preventable - consequence of allowing people to gather together over Christmas.
I’ve been reading an account by a senior registrar in intensive care medicine: essential reading for anyone who still thinks that the virus is some kind of hoax, or who may be considering a new year’s knees-up.
“Long gone are the days of claps on doorsteps. Things put in place to support NHS staff during the first wave have been taken away at the time they are needed most. Free parking. Access to tea and coffee during the long nights. Mental health support. Let alone the promised pay rise. And now, even as staff continue to put their lives at risk every day that they turn up for work, they find themselves at the back of the queue for a vaccine”…
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