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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
So far, the metrics relating to hospitals show a slight upward fluctuation, but nothing to worry about yet. That is set to decline again from a news report I heard recently, and if that happens, there is no need to panic.
If the graphs start to show signs of going steadily upwards, we may need to consider the position again, but until or unless that happens, no further restrictions are necessary.
By the way, that’s what the government and Whitty think as well, so that’s good enough for most people.
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The key point is that hospitalisations tend to lag new infections by a week or two. The proportion has just gone down but the shape of the curves is still similar.
The trend in infections is now declining and has been for a few days, but this time last week it was going up.
Expect hospitalisations to do something similar.