we re joined now by professor rupert pearse, an intensive care consultant. it is good to have you with us this morning. i don t know how much of our previous conversation you are able to hear there but i want to talk first of all about that milestone, 150,000 deaths. as we were discussing, every one of those is a personal tragedy. it is a loss to a family, it is an individual story. just first of all, your reaction to hitting that room milestone. reaction to hitting that room milestone- reaction to hitting that room milestone. ~ ., , , milestone. well, i mean, it is very sad listening milestone. well, i mean, it is very sad listening to milestone. well, i mean, it is very sad listening to paige s milestone. well, i mean, it is very sad listening to paige s story, - milestone. well, i mean, it is very sad listening to paige s story, and | sad listening to paige s story, and it is exactly as you described in the piece. covid there may have been 150,000 deaths, but each one of th