today, not one has been reported. that's partly down to better treatment. sharon was seriously ill with covid and other conditions in intensive care in gloucester in november. looking back now, she knows it was touch—and—go whether she'd pull through. i was on the brink of death. the consultant was telling my daughter, "imagine your mum is on a cliff edge. she just needs to take a step back." and luckily, ifought my way through everything. sharon only survived after being moved to the royal brompton hospital in london and put on a form of life support called ecmo. this high—tech equipment sustains the heart and lung function of patients with severe respiratory failure. intensive care experts say in the first wave, it wasn't used as much as now. i think early on, we weren't aware