Since last Summer, the government have managed lockdowns based on the ability of the NHS to ‘cope’ with a burden of sickness and death. They haven’t tried to eliminate sickness and death. Last summer they instructed many hospitals to create ‘surge capacity’. This is essentially..
Some extra ICU beds. No extra ICU staff (we’re short of those), but extra beds. They like to say that the NHS has ‘coped’ because they incorporate these surge beds in their numbers.
Firstly, the NHS has not coped. We had far more ICU patients than these surge beds could hold...
Firstly, the NHS has not coped. We had far more ICU patients than these surge beds could hold...
Secondly we didn’t have enough ICU staff. The staff have done heroic things, but at times there have been 4 patients to every 1 ICU nurse (it should be 1:1).
Thirdly, we shouldn’t be managing a pandemic by judging whether there are enough beds to house the sick and dying...
Thirdly, we shouldn’t be managing a pandemic by judging whether there are enough beds to house the sick and dying...
We should be eliminating the virus
The government decided that a large number of sick + dying people was acceptable in order to ‘save the economy’
Instead they should have saved lives. The reality is that the economy’s lost too. They’ve failed on both counts
They’ve failed us.
The government decided that a large number of sick + dying people was acceptable in order to ‘save the economy’
Instead they should have saved lives. The reality is that the economy’s lost too. They’ve failed on both counts
They’ve failed us.
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