important thing. hospitalisation? that s the really important thing. a hospitalisation? that s the really important thing. a certain - hospitalisation? that s the really i important thing. a certain severing for hospitalisation but they are still going up. the big severing is between really severe outcomes. there are still no sign of a serious increase in intensive care, ventilation and debts. we would have expected to see that by now so that is the really reassuring thing. i think we can guarantee that as we endure the next few weeks, what we are not going to see is a big surge in severe outcomes. so, it s more a matter of managing this wave that we are in the middle of. as you said, the crucial thing is the disruption to the nhs and other services. part of it is the vaccine to the nhs and other services. part of it is the vaccine but is another part of it that people actually were quite cautious in terms of their behaviour over christmas and new year? . , behaviour over chris
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