not a major driver of case numbers in the uk. here is his tweet. and we know that despite some policy differences across the four nations, including some mandatory mask wearing, we are seeing similar covid patterns for all of the uk, and those patterns are leaving some nhs leaders to call for those measures to be brought back. they say it is time for the government s plan b. the government said it would implement plan b if they felt the health implement plan b if they felt the health service was at risk, we are saying health service was at risk, we are saying it health service was at risk, we are saying it is health service was at risk, we are saying it is at risk, we need to take saying it is at risk, we need to take measures now, measures like wearing take measures now, measures like wearing masks in crowded places, avoiding wearing masks in crowded places, avoiding unnecessary indoor meetings, working from home if you can. ., ., ., can. there are two government response
but covid can apply pressure to that capacity. here s the chief executive of nhs england. i think we are in for a tough winter. if we ve got covid patients in our beds, obviously, that has an impact on how many elective patients can be in those same beds. but the government is offering reassurances. it says the nhs has the ability to manage and it is not under unsustainable pressure. and as we consider these differing analyses, here is a word of caution on being too definitive from professor paul hunter. at the moment, it s not clear whether what we re seeing at the moment will continue to increase as we move towards christmas or, as some modellers have suggested, will peak sometime this month and then start to decline. what is more certain is that we are seeing two relatively clear schools of thought. there is the uk government, with its focus on the vaccine. ever since our phenomenal vaccine programme began last winter, we have been in a race, a race between the vaccine and the virus
that race, the gap is narrowing. the government s strategy injuly, the strategy now, rests almost entirely on the vaccine, and that s not what the world health organization is recommending. the who s position is that we can t only rely on vaccination at the moment, due to the threat of the virus, that we need to continue to bring transmission of covid 19 down, especially as we enter the winter period. but sincejuly, that is almost exactly what has happened in england. life in many ways has gone back to normal, with the benefits that brings, and the rise in cases that brings too, and now, with the nhs warning that a tough winter is coming, so too are tough questions for the government. it believes that for now, vaccines alone can work. this winter will reveal if that s right.
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