New UK Covid hospitalisation data used to back “herd immunity” agenda
Statistics produced by NHS (National Health Service) Trusts on levels of hospitalisation for patients with Covid has produced a flurry of denunciations by the right-wing press, supported by Conservative government ministers, of previous safety measures and lockdowns as an unnecessary infringement on “freedom”.
NHS Trusts were mandated to produce a breakdown of all patients with Covid into two categories those in hospital with Covid as their primary care need and those who were diagnosed with Covid following their admission with other primary illnesses.
The latest NHS data for England shows that 23 percent of Covid infections in hospital, nearly one in four, were patients admitted for other reasons. The data shows that of 5,021 patients last week classed as hospitalised by Covid, 1,166 were admitted for other reasons.
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NHS WAITING lists in England could more than double in the coming months, from the current figure of 5.3 million people to around 13 million according to Health Secretary Javid as his government chases the spectre of ‘herd immunity’ at the expense of the population to get capitalism going again.
Javid insists that the remaining government restrictions will be lifted on July 19th.
Javid also revealed that waiting lists were now his priority, and that he was already in a state of shock over the crisis in the NHS.
What they say counts. And rarely more so than during a pandemic. Statisticians have been unambiguously and visibly frontline since Covid took hold last year. Suddenly, and thankfully, number crunchers are box office. Two of the trade’s most eminent representatives made it on to the flagship current affairs Sunday morning programmes – with analysis that cut right through political rhetoric. First up was Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of Britain’s independent Office of National Statistics or ONS. Or, the “chief stato” as he was introduced by the eponymous host of Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday. Sir Ian came bearing good news and bad. The good news was that Britons may be increasingly immune to Covid. Or, more accurately, most people have antibodies to fight the disease – though that, of course, is no guarantee they will not get it.
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