Originally Posted by
Keiran Newberry
We were lead to believe the NHS would be obliterated by this outbreak and the rush to build these Nightingales was a good decision. But the Welsh one is yet to take patients and there is nothing in Wales saying any of our major "normal" hospitals are at or near capacity.
Well... could it be that this is the case because of the few tests they're doing right now? Yesterday, as per the BBC's website, 19,000 tests had been done in the UK. On the same day in Italy there had been 60,000 and more in Germany.
Going back on topic, I read today that Emirates is extending its flight cancellations until July 1st, which is quite telling. That's a good yardstick to aim for: personally, I think this summer will be a write-off. Which government will allow flights, in the current conditions, to places like the US where you are having (only case in the world as far as I can see) people actively defying the stay-at-home orders to go out and protest?