A lot of covid sceptics are sharing this story today.
The first claim it makes (about a "dodgy hospital heatmap") is very obviously wrong though.
The Daily Mail is either deliberately trying to mislead people or (just as likely) doesn't understand what it's talking about.
The first claim it makes (about a "dodgy hospital heatmap") is very obviously wrong though.
The Daily Mail is either deliberately trying to mislead people or (just as likely) doesn't understand what it's talking about.
https://twitter.com/DailyMailUK/status/1323663995644030979
They say 232 of 482 English hospitals had NO covid patients on October 27th.
But the vast majority of those have NEVER had covid patients, because they're private hospitals, mental health units, specialist hospitals etc, many with no general or acute care beds to put them in!
But the vast majority of those have NEVER had covid patients, because they're private hospitals, mental health units, specialist hospitals etc, many with no general or acute care beds to put them in!
175 of the 232 hospitals without covid patients are private hospitals (including cosmetic surgeries and mental health centres).
Unsurprisingly, 170 of them haven't had a single covid patient in at least the last 3 months. Because that's not what private hospitals generally do.
Unsurprisingly, 170 of them haven't had a single covid patient in at least the last 3 months. Because that's not what private hospitals generally do.
Another 47 are NHS mental health or community care trusts and NHS Treatment Centres, none of which would be expected to handle covid patients either.
8 more are specialist centres like the Moorfields Eye Hospital, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital etc.
8 more are specialist centres like the Moorfields Eye Hospital, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital etc.
Which just leaves one actual NHS hospital - the Yorkshire & Humber Nightingale Hospital in Leeds.
This was NEVER used for covid patients in the first wave and was repurposed as a radiology clinic.
But it's now back on standby amidst rising cases. So may have patients in future.
This was NEVER used for covid patients in the first wave and was repurposed as a radiology clinic.
But it's now back on standby amidst rising cases. So may have patients in future.
Correction: the Yorkshire and Humber Nightingale Hospital is actually in Harrogate, not Leeds, even though it's run by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Thanks @jean_pjtwood for pointing that out.
Thanks @jean_pjtwood for pointing that out.
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