CV and mad panic behaviour

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However, people who suddenly develop life threatening illnesses requiring immediate hospitalisation but who cannot receive it because the wards are filled with non vaccinated covid patients from the remaining 5 to 8%,  most surely would not take a benign  view of the current situation.

In the real world small percentages can mean the difference between life and death.

I found out last week I have a relative in this very situation, found out he requires bypass surgery but because of the expected COVID surge they are delaying, they do not want him in the Alfred ICU with the risk of COVID and staff shortages, so they put him on some pretty harsh medication and are monitoring him at home in the interim, they think he will stay in that situation for at least 2 weeks until they are confident to proceed. As a 60 year old it's very serious situation, but as they stated if he gets COVID in recovery the situation is even worse because they have to give him some drugs to suppress his immune system as part of the procedure.