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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