The hospitals I knew of were overwhelmed at the start - I now know it was mostly the panic stricken converging on them because they were coughing and sneezing. People were also lining up to get covid tests, adding more burden on the staff.
There were gravely ill people in ICU. Some hospitals down here cleared out general wards and even put up tents in the car parks. The tents were never used and while some covid patients were indeed put in wards they were never overrun as such. It wasn't anything like the Contagion movie.
In short, covid was pretty much done after three or so months.
The impression I got here was that everyone avoided the hospitals so they didn't catch the coof.
Also, they shut down virtually everything else, including cancer treatments. People died of treatable and operable cancers because "we might need the beds." Oh and the usual nursing home bullshit.
They even paid the private hospitals to shut down just in case they were needed for overflow.
Yes, they did shut down cancer wards (a brother is an oncologist.) It is downright evil as many cancers are treatable in the early stages, but covid.
At the start of the pandemic people did flock to hospitals. Later they were avoided as the hysteria mounted.
I always found it amusing the moment "covid" was diagnosed in some random member of the public people flocked to testing stations to get tested. Crowds of them!
Honestly, most people seem bereft of all common sense.
I always found it amusing the moment "covid" was diagnosed in some random member of the public people flocked to testing stations to get tested. Crowds of them!
That and the ever fluctuating standards for social distancing and "necessary" activity. It was very clearly divided along political lines. And broken wherever convenient for "reasons." Like being allowed to go to the pub for a pint, but only if you buy food above a certain monetary value and no music is on in the background. Time limits too: No longer than 45 minutes.
Now they're talking about limiting visits to "members of two households only, only with a "reasonable excuse" and only if everyone is vaccinated."
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