RE: Mr C’s point above re: ? Over preparations- This is a good point and worthy of a good chat over a beer. The term ‘can’t win’ springs to mind for the government. I wish the system had focused more on testing and PPE rather than Ventilators (did I say i was right?) and huge hospitals. I am sure they can find use for these Nightingale hospitals and it shows what is possible if pressed. The big worry is the people who have died from non Covid related causes that could have had their lives prolonged. But this is too complex an issue to get heads around yet!
Yep if only we had known that there was sufficient ITU capacity in the system then the Nightingale Hospitals may not have been fitted out. Thing is we may still need them and the Dyson et al ventilators. Vaccines don't appear for 12+ months but here's hoping some off label existing drugs might help in wave two.
The three peaks of Spanish Flu paint a sorry picture and I am sure that people will get sloppy with social distancing in time which will give us another peak...probably come the colder weather.
Hopefully we can get back to cardiology and oncology appointments, diagnostics and then operations. We might even get some elective orthopod stuff too!