Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August
by Filligree on Saturday November 28, 2020 @06:33AM
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It's just not what people think of, when they hear the word "collapse".
The average person expects a single dramatic event, and that never happens.
Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August
by CodeGlitch on Saturday November 28, 2020 @08:15AM
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Here's how I think of "collapse": you suffer some serious injury or illness, you call for an ambulance and told that none are available. You get a friend to drive you to the nearest A&E department to be told to come back tomorrow as there's no room left. You drive to another to be told the same.
This is all entirely possible in 2020 to 1000s of people, and I still wonder why people think lockdowns are a bad idea.
Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August
by bencollier49 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @08:35AM
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The problem is with the strength of the word "collapse", which to most minds implies sudden and utter ruin.
I don't get it. We do see problems in healthcare. The excess mortality we're seeing at the moment is a combination of deaths directly caused by covid, but also deaths caused by reduced access to healthcare. When we change long-established norms (eg 1:1 nurse:patient ratios) this is system collapse.