Thread by @EveryDoctorUK

Our final thread to mark "Freedom Day" from an anonymised EveryDoctor member on the NHS COVID-19 frontline:

"Over the past 2 weeks there has been a noticeable shift in the hospital where I work. Our cohort of patients is younger this time. Largely unvaccinated people... 💉

Another, my age, had just got her first dose - its effects had not had a chance to protect her. Our ward is full up with people with a single diagnosis - COVID-19 pneumonia. We were already busy trying to catch up with all our patients who have been neglected over the past 18m...

We know they need our attention but yet again, we are, necessarily, back to fire-fighting. 🔥

Another emergency rota looms. All the while we hear the cry for "Freedom Day". We were told there is no going back. Only this week have we had some…

...acknowledgement that perhaps we should continue to wear masks in crowded spaces. 😷 But if no one else is wearing one and there is no rule to guide you - what will you choose?

All I can do now is hope we get vaccines into as many people as quickly as possible and ensure...

nobody is left behind.

On #FreedomDay, COVID is all around us+there's no plan to curb its spread. I'll continue to wear my mask but who will join me? I wonder what freedom really means in this context, what is the pay-off +who really benefits?"

- Respiratory consultant, London