As we enter into the third week of a national lockdown the signs of hope are still relatively dim. Cases and deaths are still extraordinarily high to an extent that has not been seen since the virus first hit these shores. The vaccination effort is world-leading and something that we should rightly be proud of but it will be some months before the effects are truly felt across society. In the meantime the government warns that the NHS is at risk of being overwhelmed but a recent article in the British Medical Journal by Daniel Sokol tells us that we are already at that stage.
We are told of the hospitals being overwhelmed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1380929/why-are-the-nightingale-hospitals-not-being-used-EVG