The beginning of the end?

[MashedPotatoBrainz]

Is anyone else hopeful that this awful virus is starting to burn out? I've seen reports from doctors in Italy saying the cases they are now seeing are less severe than earlier and if you look at global figures the number of cases is still rising rapidly but the death rate appears to be falling.

Is this just wishful thinking?

[Bluntness100]

Ok, so one from the list,..😀

[UnderTheBus]

it looks like we're going into a second, albeit slower, but also exponential rise.
Not on any graph I've seen...

Also for everyone who has a "friend in the NHS" who says they're planning for a second wave. Of course they have to be prepared in case it does happen, but that doesnt mean it will.

[ClimbDad]

Respiratory viruses always become less virulent over summer. People need to be getting ready for winter.

[Deblou43]

Not a friend from the NHS but my SIL is a icu nurse said they are preparing for 2nd wave not guaranteed they are better equipped but also said virus is weakening

[jimmyhill]

BBC South East political editor Peter Henley on Twitter yesterday: < A&E consultant on duty at a big London hospital tells me today “the virus is back” >

twitter.com/BBCPeterH/status/1269672378927284225?s=19

[minipie]

I think that the most vulnerable will have caught it earlier before there was any herd immunity and will have died earlier, the longer it goes on the cases will rise but there will be less people catching it who are more at risk of becoming a fatality.

I agree with this. There will probably be a second rise in cases but not necessarily in fatalities as (very sadly) we have already lost a large number of those who are most vulnerable to it.

[Slothsarecreepy]

I work in the NHS, we also prepare for terrorist attacks and other incidents which may cause massive pressure on services locally and nationally. It doesn't mean they're likely to happen, it's just better to have plans in place rather than wait for something to happen and say 'well we weren't prepared for that, sorry'.