Loads more ambulance sirens or is it my imagination?

[PottedIvy]

I feel like over the last couple of weeks I've been hearing more and more sirens, it was like that in march as well. I don't know if its related to covid or just my imagination (although I'm not especially anxious about it). I am in an area with higher numbers.

Anyone else noticed this?

I live in London and there’s far less here. Probably because anyone who’s ill but doesn’t have Covid is not a priority.

@Crunchymum

I am so sorry for your loss.

Ime covid admissions are not ambulanced in anyway.

But out of interest how many admissions in your area?

An ambulance station relocated a couple of years ago to about a mile away from me. During the first wave I felt I was hearing sirens constantly but, despite being in an outer suburb of a city with extra restrictions at the moment, thankfully, I am not hearing them much at all right now.

Nope

The river I live by is the route marker the ambulance helicopters use for the London hospitals, especially Nightingale. During April and May we saw them going over the house about 10 times a day, sometimes more, sometimes in pairs.

I’ve only seen them twice this week.

There was definitely less here during lockdown. Less cars on the road meant less rta's, less people out meant less accident, injury, altercations. Sirens so okey weren't needed because there was no traffic to need moved out of the way etc.... everything is back to normal now as is the sirens. I don't think covid patients are getting ambulanced to hospital if that's what you mean. Mostly they are testing positive in stations they've driven to.

@Crunchymum I am so sorry

@PhilCornwall1

I can imagine the CMO popping up a graph and then saying "as you can see, there is a noticeable uptick in sirens being heard across all areas".

🤔

And they they’ll use that as a symptom. Anyone who’s heard a siren has Covid so we can add them to the daily case numbers. The only cure is Vallance’s vaccine from GSK.

I don’t think sirens are an accurate way to measure a virus.

I love this!

Covid patients may or may not be transported by ambulances, but their transfer isn't urgent response, so never blue-lighted and no sirens.

So rest easy, you just have a crime wave

Figures for Scotland.

I definitely noticed more sirens at the start of lockdown, but I think that’s because there was so little traffic, and the sound carried further.

I doubt they are covid patients being rushed in. More likely to be people having heart attacks or burst appendix etc that have not sought help earlier because they're scared of going to the doctor with mild chest pains.