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The decision to end restrictions is dangerous and premature, unethical and illogical.

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Whitewavemark2 Sun 11-Jul-21 15:41:20

Scientists have published a letter in the Lancet, saying that they have 5 main concerns over the governments plans for unmitigated infection.
I have taken this from John Campbell’s site.

First - disproportionately affecting children and young people
There are 17 million people with no covid protection.
Exponential growth will continue until millions more people are infected
This will leave hundreds of thousands of people with long term illness and disability
Risks leaving a generation with ill health.

Second - transmission in schools will lead to educational disruption.
There should be strict mitigation in schools and eventual vaccination of children.
Important for clinically vulnerable children and socially vulnerable children.

Third - emergent of vaccine resistant mutations, with their potential spread.

Fourth - there will significant impact on exhausted clinicians.
There is no break yet between infection and hospital admission.
Rising case numbers will inevitably mean more hospital admissions.
Millions of people are waiting for procedures and many will die waiting.

Fifth
Deprived communities are very exposed.
The deprived and marginalised will be disproportionately affected.

Given that vaccine offers the same protection and herd immunity, the governments strategy is unethical and illogical.

The U.K. government must reconsider its current strategy and take urgent steps to protect people and children.
We believe that the U.K. government is embarking on a dangerous and unethical experiment, and we call on it to pause its planned endings of all mitigation on 19 July.

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rosie1959 Sat 24-Jul-21 19:23:25

Lots of normal events starting here too time for people to get out and enjoy themselves again
Can’t say I am surprised it’s what I would expect to happen
We all have a choice now to continue with life as normally as possible or to avoid such events

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JenniferEccles Sat 24-Jul-21 22:40:47

Thank you mokryna
Very worrying for you, but at least we’ve had some encouraging news that the number of infections have been falling for several days now.

The vaccines will win. I’m sure of it.

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SueDonim Sat 24-Jul-21 23:05:46

Thank you for that info, Maddyone. Yes, it’s just awful, so many people under so much stress. sad

My dd says so many of her cohort of Foundation Years hospital doctors are thinking of leaving in the next year or two. She had been interested in becoming a GP as she had enjoyed her student rotations in GP surgeries but the last 18mths has really put her off, because of the way some people think they can treat doctors.

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love0c Sun 25-Jul-21 09:21:46

Mokryna I am wondering where in the country you live? I live in a very large city near two of the biggest hospitals in the country. Both their covid wards were shut weeks ago due to 'no further need'. All the staff were given a gold pin badge to recognise their hard work. My 'area' is also one of the biggest 'delta' areas too.

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mokryna Sun 25-Jul-21 11:47:55

My daughter is in the Manchester area. Friday a person had an emergency op who after needed a ICU, none were available all day, there or nearby. Fortunately by the end of the day one was further away but it was touch and go.

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Kali2 Sun 25-Jul-21 19:29:05

If anyone says 'oh he did his best- how could he have done things better'....

fb.watch/6Zp14qrtMt/

and the rest is tragic history. Does anyone have the latest figures- they have not been publishing them for a long time.

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FarNorth Sun 25-Jul-21 19:44:06

www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/

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Kali2 Sun 25-Jul-21 19:48:31

153.070

that is a lot more than his predicted 25000

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Kali2 Sun 25-Jul-21 19:50:09

according to official website Gov.uk

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Lincslass Wed 28-Jul-21 12:05:58

mokryna

My daughter is in the Manchester area. Friday a person had an emergency op who after needed a ICU, none were available all day, there or nearby. Fortunately by the end of the day one was further away but it was touch and go.

That used to happen well before Covid. Few hospitals have a large amount of ICU or HD beds, Emergency situations arise, for instance RTC patients needing ICU beds, has always delayed some people’s surgery.

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