There is a possible second beneficial factor to add to the severity? question: duration of time in hospital. It's not the admissions that's the crucial metric, but the occupancy. In the past, we've b… (View Post)

And for all the valid points that we couldn't ramp up doctors and nurses in quick time, there was/is an alternative: - Recruit a shit-tonne more administrators and managers. Yes, I know all the compl… (View Post)

My thoughts on this: 1 - There is some evidence that Omicron will lead to a lower rate of hospitalisation. It's strong evidence in South Africa, but we don't know the confounders (population immunity… (View Post)

Thanks - but I think this comment is the most crucial one: https://vf.politicalbetting.com/discussion/comment/3704176/#Comment_3704176 "The thing that probably spooked the politicians was the sc… (View Post)

There's a cynical part of me wondering if we could power up the Nightingales specifically for vaccine-refuseniks with covid, and staff them with NHS staff who've refused vaccination rather than fire … (View Post)