Thread by @DrEmilyGrossman

IMPORTANT: Do not be taken in by reports / videos of empty hospital beds claiming the NHS crisis is being exaggerated. Of course there are empty wards! Covid wards and ICUs are OVERFLOWING so all available staff and resources from OTHER wards have been diverted there. 1/4

Routine operations, treatments and appointments have been cancelled and many non-Covid wards have had to shut down entirely. That’s the whole point. And the only reason the Nightingale hospitals are empty is that there’s simply not enough staff to open them. 2/4

The NHS is on the verge of collapse. There’s not enough ITU beds and not enough oxygen for Covid patients who can’t breathe. Ambulances with Covid-sick patients inside are queuing outside A+E departments. Doctors are having to choose who to treat. Who to save. 3/4

And we haven’t even started seeing hospital admissions from those who caught Covid over the christmas period. It’s a desperate situation and it’s going to get a lot worse. Pls stay home if you can. Pls spread the word. And pls read & share this thread:

https://twitter.com/dremilygrossman/status/1343922163590590464?s=21

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Oh, and assuming you’re a healthy adult, take 4000 IU (100 micro grams) of Vitamin D per day to help prevent Covid: Vitamindforall.org. Nothing to lose and everything to gain. And please accept the vaccine if it’s offered to you. Let’s work together to stop this pandemic 🙏