A sharp drop in accident-and-emergency admissions worries medics
More hand-washing could explain fewer stomach bugs. It is unlikely to explain fewer heart attacks
IT IS A curious feature of this pandemic that hospital emergency departments are unusually empty. An uptick in the number of pneumonia admissions has been more than balanced out by an enormous fall in the number of people coming in with other problems. “It is eerily quiet,” reports one emergency doctor. “You almost want it to be busy, so you feel all those preparations are useful.”
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Britain April 11th 2020
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- Keir Starmer: Labour’s electable new leader
- How to build social consensus around lockdown
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- A sharp drop in accident-and-emergency admissions worries medics
- How covid-19 is changing funerals
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- Boris Johnson’s illness has darkened Britain’s mood
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