Prof Christina Pagel1d ago
🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating. Much of that devastation was avoidable. This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19
Show threadProf Christina Pagel1d ago
Start with the NHS. However bad the first wave was in England - and it was awful - the second wave was worse. More than twice as many people were admitted to hospital with Covid in the second wave compared to the first wave. 2/19
Show threadProf Christina Pagel1d ago
The second wave in particular placed extraordinary strain on hospitals and staff. Services were overwhelmed. Staff worked under relentless pressure. “Coped” is too mild a word for what many endured. 3/19
Show threadCaptain Jack Sparrow

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it's always helpful to know which country a thing is referring to...

if a post doesn't state it then I usually assume its about the USA, as they tend to see themselves as the only place that matters and the only true "democracy" - which is a sick joke these days.

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