England’s covid-19 desperation could be your future. How do we do better?
In mid-July, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised the country a “significant return to normality” by Christmas. But two weeks after Christmas, that is a far cry from reality, as England enters its third national lockdown in an attempt to contain the rapid spread of covid-19.
This week, England admitted the highest number of people with covid-19 to hospitals since the start of the pandemic. Surgeries are being canceled, ambulances are waiting for hours outside hospitals because there are no beds, and health-care staff are exhausted and traumatized. Oxygen infrastructure is already being stressed, as it is in California. Cases keep rising relentlessly, with an overwhelmed National Health Service possible within days.… Seguir leyendo »