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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It’s a shame you didn’t see the funny side of that! 
Ah, well, never mind. The obvious point I was making is that you cannot equate the number of infections now with the number of infections back then.
The infection rate is having only a relatively small impact on hospitalisations, but still you run across these forums shouting “Fire”! It is quite an over-reaction.
We must keep our eye on the number of people going into hospital, it is true, but the government will not introduce restrictions on the public unless it is clear that failure to do so would lead to the NHS being overwhelmed. |
Nobody is equating the numbers of infections then (previous waves)with now.
What they are doing is comparing figures with last week, last month, etc. Where the metrics are going up across the board.
Vaccinations don’t make figures from last week incomparable with this week, or last month with this month. The numbers of additional people benefitting from vaccination in that time is negligible, and more likely to be among age groups highly unlikely to be hospitalised or die anyway.