Health
Don’t believe the scare stories about hospitals running out of ICU beds – Telegraph.co.uk
Even in Manchester, hospitals are faring far better than the headline statistics suggest
Is there anything more guaranteed to stir public emotion than the prospect of the NHS running out of intensive care beds and Covid-19 victims being left to die in corridors? First, we were told, that beds in Liverpool were 95 per cent full, then we were told those in Manchester were 80 per cent full. Wow, it is easy to think: it will only take a few more people on the general ward to develop complications and the NHS will have to throw in the towel.
No wonder a Downing Street briefing yesterday…
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