three week lag. before it manifests hospitaladmissions. so three week lag. before it manifests hospital admissions. so the infections that are about to happen for the christmas festivities, we brace ourselves for a second, third week of january. once we are past the second or third week of january we will be in a better position to know if that big pulse has materialised in a hospital admissions or not. in materialised in a hospital admissions or not. in some ways that s a moot admissions or not. in some ways that s a moot point admissions or not. in some ways that s a moot point because - admissions or not. in some ways that s a moot point because the | that s a moot point because the latest figures do show that hospital admissions in england have risen to the highest level since january of last year. i suppose the question then becomes, at what point can the nhs no longer cope? ifeel that the good people of the nhs, they are by nature co burgers, they don t want to get to the poi