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f they do build it, just in case, and it doesn't get used to capacity, the Government are lambasted for wasting resources.
Perfect way to describe the media reaction to how the UK gov reacted to Swine Flu.
Guessing the exact requirements months in advance isn't exactly easy.
Well, you guess what the worse case scenario is. And you hope/plan for the worse case scenario not to happen.
Stonehedge-
Guessing the exact requirements months in advance isn't exactly easy.
Well, you guess what the worse case scenario is. And you hope/plan for the worse case scenario not to happen.
That's my point. If you don't guess perfectly, and you end up having some spare capacity because you never hit the peak you expected, then some parts of the media will claim you've been wasting resources.
Also, even if you guess the peak perfectly, you've got the period either side of the peak where you won't be at capacity and therefore "wasting resources" if viewed through a similar bullshit lens.
Greenbank
It's my understanding that it's just more capacity. It's not specifically for terminal cases, nor specifically for the milder end of the severe cases.
The cases there at the moment are just testing it out. The hope is that it doesn't have to be used to anywhere near capacity.
But, given the way the media in this country works, if they didn't build it and we were under capacity required the Government would be (quite rightly) pilloried. If they do build it, just in case, and it doesn't get used to capacity, the Government are lambasted for wasting resources.
Guessing the exact requirements months in advance isn't exactly easy.