-
From what I remember, ICU usage has been high, but still within the limits of capacity in the UK. In Italy, it seems about half of all deaths happened / are happening in Lombardy, a region with ~10m inhabitants and >14k deaths, while a lot of other regions were significantly less affected. In comparison, Greater London with (I assume) the highest density of population in the UK and about ~9m inhabitants has had <7k deaths*.
*Using this calculation: ~5.2k deaths in hospital, which are ~80% of total deaths (same source, citing ONS) --> 5.2k/0.8 = 6.5k
The numbers are a bit wobbly in detail, but the point is that I think Italy has had it way worse in Lombardy specifically, but less bad in other regions. The horror stories you've read have mostly been from those really badly affected areas.
SwissChap-
This is a good point, which I had completely forgotten about!
-
The numbers are a bit wobbly in detail, but the point is that I think Italy has had it way worse in Lombardy specifically, but less bad in other regions. The horror stories you've read have mostly been from those really badly affected areas.
Basically the Italian got caught with their trouser down and trying their best to bring it up.
While us, in the UK, slowly put down our trouser to show the world how much of a cocks we are, give it five more minutes then slowly bring it back up again and release an app.
Kurai
edscoble
I know. I just find it a bit strange given that, as far as I know, it seems the UK hasn't had anything like the problems with ICU/oxygen that were being reported in Italy.