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1/ I think we should be recognising the considerable achievements
of all of the people who have responded to this Covid crisis whether in NHS, social care, the military, all critical workers and indeed the Govt.
1. NHS capacity has been increased radically to a position where..
of all of the people who have responded to this Covid crisis whether in NHS, social care, the military, all critical workers and indeed the Govt.
1. NHS capacity has been increased radically to a position where..
2/ no one needing critical care in hospital has been denied a bed, unlike in Italy or Spain.
2. Despite the PPE distribution challenges, don’t lose sight of the massive logistical achievement with billions of items shipped to tens of thousands of outlets.
2. Despite the PPE distribution challenges, don’t lose sight of the massive logistical achievement with billions of items shipped to tens of thousands of outlets.
3/ 3. It does look like there’s a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rate when analyses by date of death rather than date of reporting which means the peak was possibly 2 weeks ago.
4/ Oxford uni first in Europe to get a vaccine to clinical testing phase . What usually takes years has taken 3 months . Marvellous.
5/ communities have pulled together to build an army of volunteers
6/ The construction of the additional hospitals was done in record time and was awesome
7/ Response from British manufacturing to the call for private testing, increased lab capacity, ventilator production - fantastic
8/ It’s easy to criticise and make comparisons with other countries but when those comparisons are not like for like in terms openness, extent of travel, population, density, cultures and ethnicity and indeed bmi, one should hesitate before jumping to premature conclusions.
