Inane mismanagement of Covid-19 leaves us facing a grim winter - Yorkshire Post Letters

From: GL Hall, Wakefield.

It is obvious that this Christmas will not be what we are used to. We will not be able to enjoy the festive season with large family gatherings in other people’s homes, many will be without work and even more will be homeless.

Due to the inane mismanagement of this disease, when the winter months start to bite and the flu season starts, we can safely say there will be many more needing hospital treatment.  

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Therefore, letting the disease run rampant among the population (herd immunity) simply does not hold water, as our NHS before Covid-19 at 
the end of last year was at breaking point, due to being short of 40,000 nurses and of doctors too.  

A certain catastrophe was averted, entirely due to the expertise, skill, and knowledge of NHS clinicians.  

Therefore, it can be argued that herd immunity, if applied now, would not work as the NHS would be inundated and overwhelmed.  

Herd immunity was attempted in February 2020 but was abandoned.  

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However, in an attempt to create beds in hospitals, thousands of elderly infirm people in hospitals were moved to care homes without any testing of patients or staff.  

As staff did not have the relevant PPE or test kits, the obvious occurred; elderly infirm people sadly lost their lives.  

Therefore, in these confusing and ever-darkening days with apparently no escape, what we need now is to be led by lions and not by seaside donkeys.

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