To those who think it's over

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The Weston Super Mare hospital has announced this morning that it's closed it's A&E due to an increase in the number of Covid patients the hospital is currently treating.

This highlights why "tourist" hotspots have been trying to persuade people from away not to visit them.

Also highlights that there are still plenty of Covid cases around and it's still spreading.

This is why the lockdown needs to carry on, with very slight relaxations over a long time period. Those who think it's all over and we can get back to normal are deluded.

And now a huge number of staff at the hospital have also tested positive.

I am quite shocked at the test tests and the fact lots are asymptomatic. I guess they will be a useful test cohort to see how long asymptomatic shed the virus .

It’s not such a concern about how long the virus is shed for but how long the shedding is contagious. Right now, it doesn’t look as if you are contagious for much beyond a week and a half but you can be shedding for much longer.

That’s what I meant, sorry.