Several friends are hospital consultants. All weary, all saying the winter has exacerbated the situation (as we were told to expect by the Government in March last year). I knew four people who died in the week after New Year. All in hospital for other things but got Covid and never came home despite being in recovery from their illnesses. It was a sad week, particularly for their families who were not able to be with them in the final hours.
It's real. Friends are now being very careful, not even going out for a walk with someone else, just on their own or with their spouse.
Hopefully it seems that the numbers are starting to fall, as vaccinations are increasing, the R-number is reducing and the scientists now agree that having had the virus gives you a decent period of immunity, so we are closing in (slowly) on herd immunity. Probably 10% of the population has had the virus or been inoculated now and that number is increasing daily.
Hang on in there!
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