Back to reality . . .4 Apr 2020 04:09
Sweden - I hope this ends well for them . . . .
"Whatever happens, within weeks it will become apparent whether Sweden's gamble has been a triumph of common sense or a catastrophic and deadly mistake. And the results of the experiment will be felt throughout the world. If public health officials do manage to flatten the curve it will make it far more difficult for the UK to continue imposing a lockdown that is devastating the economy. Likewise, if deaths surge, it will give governments the ammunition they need to keep restrictions in place for longer, perhaps even until a vaccine or treatment is available."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/03/coronavirus-swedish-experiment-could-prove-britain-wrong/
Back to some thoughts on Blighty and the NHS . . . .
“The system moves at an unbelievable snail’s pace, though better than usual.” Meanwhile, Dr Pashley and her colleagues have to see Covid patients in their cars in surgery car parks. That system is the problem. Most NHS staff are dedicated people. The defects are baked into our system of national bureaucratic command. People have noticed that Germany has been more successful in managing the virus spread through testing. This is not a coincidence. Germany does not have our lumbering central diagnostic system, because it does not have, in our sense, a national health service. It has 176 testing centres, part of localised arrangements which mix private insurance, employer involvement and government funding. There are more than three times as many beds per 1,000 patients as in Britain. It is probably also not a coincidence that Germany has a less draconian lockdown than we do: it can focus on the Covid problem more exactly."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/03/inflexibility-lumbering-nhs-country-has-had-shut/
Off now and wish you the best day possible.
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