Whiskyman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:55 pm
Newmarket wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:28 am
If you feel like I feel then trust me , you wouldn’t feel like going to the pub .
However I get your point and don’t disagree .
If you feel bad I can only say two things:
First one--I hope you feel better soon
Second one--You obviously didn't heed my advice about necking a few large scotches, so you've only got yourself to blame.
And just out of curiosity did you find out you had it via a compulsory test at work or did you just feel shit and wondered if you had it and took the test ? I don't know if I've had it or not. I had what I assumed was a bit of a cold about 2 months ago, just before I had my booster, but didn't take a test so I don't know if I've had it, and survived, or haven't and still risk a horrible death if I go into Tescos without a mask on.
The media are quoting large numbers of hospitalisations as they empathize how dangerous the situation is becoming. If we were to play devils-advocate here, we could suggest that having large numbers of customers/patients are a good thing. That means the facilities are being used for the intentions they were designed. Sounds reasonable.
So looking at the current hospitalisation numbers (8,246) and the available facilities in the NHS estate (1,229) we could aggregate 8 persons per hospital.
We could then ask the hard question, is that too many. Could we handle 50 customers per hospital say and if we could, is there still a fair bit of bend and flex within the system. In other words, are SAGE and the unofficial SAGE spinning porkies and if they are, what benefit is it to media outlets to pass it around.
The PM in the last 48 hours appeared to decide that 90% of all 8,246 were unvaccinated and the whole 100% had underlying health conditions which gave a measure of what everyone was currently dealing with. And made backs sit up straight too.
It's good to be informed and a bit of full disclosure keeps us all nicely in the loop. The moral of the story here, is when you think your really in the shit, your'e probably not...